Put all the money in the bag,' man wrote on back of court document issued to him
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. ? Police were able to track down a suspected bank robber in part because they say his name was found on the back of a stick-up note.
Bay County sheriff's detectives say Michael A. Pascuzzo used a court paper with his name on it to write a note ordering a clerk at Copoco Credit Union to place money in a bag.
He is accused of then taking the note with him as he fled with thousands of stolen dollars, but apparently dropping the note and some of the money in a residential neighborhood.
The 33-year-old Freeland resident is charged with bank robbery in the Nov. 18 holdup of the credit union in Bangor Township.
Pascuzzo, who gave up his right to a preliminary hearing this week, faces up to life in prison if convicted.
The crumpled-up holdup note was discovered by a letter carrier who was walking his route in Bay City. The man said he found two single dollar bills on Nov. 19 while taking his usual shortcut between a fence and some shrubs.
He scanned the area again the next day, and that time, he told detectives, he noticed a crumpled piece of paper.The note read: "Put all the money in the bag. No die (sic) bombs! I don't want you to even look at me. Now wait to hit your alarm until I leave.''The note was written on the back of a piece of a 14-day notice from Saginaw County Circuit Court regarding overdue fines stemming from a citation for expired license plates that was issued on Oct. 11 to a "Michael A. Pascuz ..." ? the rest of the name was torn off, authorities said.
"Let's say that this was very incriminating," sheriff's Detective Christopher Mausolf told The Bay City Times. "To be honest, we did have a Crime Stoppers tip that somebody called in after seeing the (surveillance) image on TV 5, but this piece of evidence was very helpful.''
A call to Saginaw County court officials provided information about a traffic citation issued to Pascuzzo on that date as well as his address.Detectives obtained a warrant to search the man's home and car. While searching the vehicle and house, they said they found the other part of the Saginaw court paper.
Kenneth M. Malkin, Pascuzzo's lawyer, is attempting to work out a plea deal with prosecutors, the Times reported. Efforts to reach Malkin today were not successful.
A circuit court arraignment for Pascuzzo is scheduled for Dec. 20.
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