Crime & Safety

Rohnert Park Credit Union Robbery Suspect Arrested

Police were called shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday after a man entered the building and gave one of the tellers a note demanding cash.

The teller gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money, and the suspect exited and walked across the credit union parking lot to Golf Course Avenue.
The teller gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money, and the suspect exited and walked across the credit union parking lot to Golf Course Avenue. (Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety)

ROHNERT PARK, CA — Police have arrested a suspect in the Saturday morning robbery at the Patelco Credit Union on Golf Course Drive in Rohnert Park.

Police circulated surveillance images of the suspect who fled with an undisclosed amount of cash shortly after 10 a.m. and said they received numerous tips identifying the robber as Akili Holmes, described as a 31-year-old Sonoma County transient.

Another caller reported seeing Holmes in a parking lot on Marlow Road in Santa Rosa. Police in Santa Rosa were notified and took Holmes into custody.

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He was arrested on robbery and burglary charges and booked into the Sonoma County Jail, police said.

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