{
  "id": "2024-05-10-uic-credit-union-armed-robbery-student-center-east",
  "slug": "uic-credit-union-armed-robbery-student-center-east-2024-05-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Illinois Chicago",
    "shortName": "UIC",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UIC Security Alert",
    "enrollment": 33800
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-05-10",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Armed robbery of a credit union inside the student center; suspect later charged",
    "headlinePublic": "Armed robbery of a credit union inside the student center; suspect later charged",
    "summary": "At 11:17 AM CDT on Friday, May 10, 2024, [UIC Police were dispatched to a silent holdup alarm](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bank-robbery-university-of-illinois-chicago-campus/) at the Credit Union 1 branch inside Student Center East at 750 S. Halsted Street. A masked man dressed entirely in black brandished a black handgun, stole approximately $10,000, and fled east in a [white four-door Toyota Prius (Illinois plate DL48196)](https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/offender-on-the-run-after-robbing-credit-union-at-uics-student-center-police) that was last seen entering the Dan Ryan Expressway. UIC issued a security alert. [Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32, was later federally indicted](https://cwbchicago.com/2025/07/feds-charge-man-with-robbing-2-uic-credit-unions-carjacking-his-getaway-cars.html) for this robbery and a second one on May 17 at the UIC Wolcott Avenue branch.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "outcome": "Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32, was federally charged in 2025 with two counts of carjacking, two counts of robbery, and four counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence — covering the May 10 Student Center East robbery, the May 17 Wolcott Avenue robbery, and two related carjackings. No employees were injured.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Late morning of May 10, 2024, after the 11:17 AM CDT silent holdup alarm",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UIC Security Alert: Around 11:17 a.m. on May 10, a lone gunman robbed the Credit Union 1 inside the UIC student center, 750 South Halsted. The robber is described as a man standing 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 9 inches tall with a stocky build and black dreadlocks, wearing all black clothing — ski mask, pants, hoodie, and gloves — and carrying a black bag and a black handgun. After getting cash, the robber escaped in a white Prius with Illinois plate DL48196. The vehicle was last seen on camera getting onto Interstate 90/94 eastbound at Union. Anyone with information should call UIC Police at 312-996-2830.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://cwbchicago.com/2024/05/university-illinois-chicago-credit-union-robbery-student-center.html",
      "sourceDescription": "CWB Chicago and CBS Chicago coverage quoting the UIC Police Security Alert verbatim",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from the UIC Police Security Alert as quoted in news coverage; alert was issued shortly after the 11:17 AM CDT silent holdup alarm",
        "Suspect description from the alert was unusually detailed, height range, build, hair, full clothing inventory, weapon, getaway vehicle make/model/plate, and direction of flight",
        "License plate DL48196 was included verbatim in the alert text, an aggressive choice that places the public on notice for a specific vehicle"
      ],
      "characterCount": 603
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Bank on University of Illinois Chicago campus held up at gunpoint (CBS Chicago)",
      "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bank-robbery-university-of-illinois-chicago-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Suspect on the run after robbing credit union at UIC's student center (FOX 32 Chicago)",
      "url": "https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/offender-on-the-run-after-robbing-credit-union-at-uics-student-center-police",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Credit union robbed at gunpoint inside UIC student center (CWB Chicago)",
      "url": "https://cwbchicago.com/2024/05/university-illinois-chicago-credit-union-robbery-student-center.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Feds charge man with robbing 2 UIC credit unions, carjacking his getaway cars (CWB Chicago)",
      "url": "https://cwbchicago.com/2025/07/feds-charge-man-with-robbing-2-uic-credit-unions-carjacking-his-getaway-cars.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Daily Crime Log - UIC Police",
      "url": "https://police.uic.edu/crime-data/daily-crime-log/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Student Center East](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bank-robbery-university-of-illinois-chicago-campus/) at 750 S. Halsted Street is the eastern hub of the UIC campus. At 11:17 AM CDT on Friday, May 10, 2024, employees at the Credit Union 1 branch inside the building hit a silent holdup alarm as a masked man wearing all black brandished a handgun and demanded money. He fled east with about $10,000 in a [white Toyota Prius bearing Illinois plate DL48196](https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/offender-on-the-run-after-robbing-credit-union-at-uics-student-center-police), last seen entering the Dan Ryan Expressway. Exactly one week later, [the same suspect robbed a second UIC Credit Union 1 branch](https://cwbchicago.com/2024/05/university-illinois-chicago-credit-union-robbed-second-holdup.html) at 858 S. Wolcott Avenue. Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32, was [arrested two days after the second robbery](https://cwbchicago.com/2025/07/feds-charge-man-with-robbing-2-uic-credit-unions-carjacking-his-getaway-cars.html) following a domestic disturbance in west suburban Broadview and was eventually federally indicted on two counts of carjacking, two counts of robbery, and four counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UIC's security alert listed the getaway vehicle's full Illinois license plate, an aggressive disclosure that turns every recipient into a potential witness for a specific car.",
    "The suspect returned to UIC exactly one week later and robbed a second campus credit union branch at gunpoint, illustrating how an unsolved on-campus armed robbery can recur if the suspect remains at large.",
    "Federal prosecutors ultimately consolidated both robberies and two related carjackings into a single brandishing-firearm-during-a-crime-of-violence indictment against Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32."
  ],
  "responseTimeMinutes": null,
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "Illinois",
    "UIC",
    "Chicago",
    "armed-robbery",
    "credit-union",
    "Student-Center-East",
    "license-plate-disclosed",
    "Big-Ten-region",
    "serial-offender"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}