Harvard Credit Union Robbed

The Harvard University Employee Credit Union was robbed last Saturday at 10:47 a.m. by an unarmed white male, according to the Cambridge Police Department’s log.

Harvard University Police Department revealed that the robber took $8,372 in cash from the Credit Union.

The robbery was a “quiet process” and no one was injured, according to Thomas Montilli, vice president of marketing at the HUECU.

According to Montilli, the robber—who wore a mask, baseball cap, and sweatshirt—went straight to the counter, gave the teller a bag, and demanded that she empty the cash register. The teller complied in accordance with bank provisions meant to protect employee safety.

“He left without incident and got into a car that was waiting on Mount Auburn Street,” Montilli said.

The bank, which usually closes at noon on Saturdays, did not reopen after the robbery.

Officers from HUPD and CPD searched the area for the person without success, according to the HUPD police log.

This was the second time that the Credit Union has been robbed within the past year. Last December, the bank saw a similarly quiet robbery in which a man demanded cash in a letter he handed to the cashier and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.

In response to the robberies, the bank put together an internal task force to “review different procedures and options,” according to Montilli.

—Staff writer Sirui Li can be reached at sli@college.harvard.edu.