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Rock Island police identify 3 suspects in armed credit union robbery

Two masked suspects robbed the Gas and Electric Credit Union Thursday afternoon in Rock Island. Three suspects were later tracked down in Davenport.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — UPDATED (April 8): The Rock Island Police Department on Friday identified the three suspects involved in Thursday, April 7's credit union robbery.

The incident happened at about 1:45 p.m. Thursday at the Gas and Electric Credit Union on 4th Avenue in Rock Island, police said. Within minutes of the 911 call, detectives tracked down suspects Datonis Fair, 19; Theus Randolph, 21; and Alexis Merchant, 20, on East 6th Street in Davenport.

All three of the suspects were charged with two counts of armed robbery. Fair and Randolph were being held on $250,000 bonds, and Merchant was being held on a $75,000 bond, police said.

All suspects were awaiting extradition to Illinois as of Friday morning.

ORIGINAL (April 7): Two masked suspects, one armed with a gun, robbed the Gas and Electric Credit Union in Rock Island on Thursday afternoon, according to the Rock Island Police Department.

The suspects were given an undisclosed amount of money by the bank tellers and then fled the scene at about 1:45 p.m. April 7.

According to the Rock Island police, they were able to track the suspects to a location in Davenport.

With the help of the Davenport Police Department, they were able to take the two original suspects, plus a third suspect, into custody in the 600 block of East 6th Street in Davenport.

News 8 was on scene and observed an ambulance responding, police detectives collecting evidence and a car being loaded onto a flatbed tow truck. 

Detectives from the Rock Island Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the case with the help of the Davenport police.

Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Rock Island Police Department at 309-732-2677 or CrimeStoppers at 309-762-9500. You can also submit a tip using the department's P3 Tips app.

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