By Tom Gilchrist
For The Advertiser
VASSAR — Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old Monroe woman in connection with the strong-arm robbery of the B&B Market here, and a second suspect remains at large, according to police.
Taylor Chisholm is charged with unarmed robbery, unlawful imprisonment and with conspiracy to commit each of those crimes. She has been ordered to stand trial in Tuscola County Circuit Court.
Vassar Police Chief Ben Guile said the B&B Market was open at 5:15 a.m. on Dec. 30 when a male and female entered the business and locked the door behind them. The suspects bound and gagged a female store employee, placing her in a bathroom, Guile said.
Guile said the suspects didn’t threaten the worker. “It was basically just a ‘If you do what we tell you, you won’t get hurt’ kind of thing,” Guile said.
The store employee said she didn’t see any weapons, according to the chief. The suspects, however, obtained about $2,000 in cash before exiting the business and driving away from the store at East Huron Avenue and North Water Street, Guile said. The store worker eventually freed herself and left the restroom to call police.
Chisholm wasn’t apprehended at the store, but was located following an anonymous tip, according to Guile. Vassar Police Department Officer Jody Grant “did most of the leg work and the investigation, and did an excellent job,” Guile said.
Chisholm has posted bond and remains free awaiting proceedings in Circuit Court. The Advertiser could not reach her attorney, Midland lawyer Lisa M. Blanton, for comment.