From Staff Reports
Tecumseh Police Chief Troy Stern said that investigation continues in two robberies in Tecumseh that took place last week and that there could be a connection with the robbery of a Saline Dominos Pizza business on Monday afternoon.
“We’re still investigating the option that the individual in custody in Saline is our person,” said Stern. “It’s going to be a while until we can put all our investigation together to see if this individual is him, but he’s a solid suspect at this point.”
Fabricare on Herrick Park Drive was held up at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, and the perpetrator threatened a clerk with a knife, taking an undisclosed amount of cash. On Saturday, Jan. 21, Modish Hair Salon in downtown Tecumseh was robbed at knifepoint. Following the Tecumseh robberies, the robber was able to get away in what was described as a dark colored pickup truck. He was apprehended in a dark blue pickup.
Robert Neibler, of Tecumseh, is being held in Washtenaw County on a charge of armed robbery at Dominoes and was being held on a $100,000 bond. He was charged with one count each of armed robbery, larceny of money and threatening an individual at the store, according to annarbor.com. Neibler has previous convictions of breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime in Mason County in 2002 and Kalkaska County in 2004 and has served probation for those crimes.
Neibler was also arraigned Thursday, Jan. 26, on charges of attempting to disarm a peace officer, attempted escape and assaulting a police officer. During a visit to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital early Wednesday for undisclosed self-inflicted injuries, the suspect assaulted an officer who was escorting him to a restroom and attempted to remove the officer’s gun from its holster before being restrained with the help of a second officer. Following that arraignment his bond was raised to $125,000.
The suspected was apprehended shortly after the robbery on Monday on Maple Road in Saline after his truck was stopped. Dominos employees identified the suspect as the robber.
A preliminary exam is scheduled in Washtenaw County District Court for 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 31.