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Charges have been filed against a man in connection with a credit union robbery that happened last week, and he knows that authorities are after him.
Court documents show that Curtis Brad Cordery's wife, Whitley Davis, identified Cordery as the robber after viewing surveillance video on the Internet.
One of the victim tellers, Jeff Nay, is a friend of Cordery. He denies any involvement with the robbery. Court documents reveal that Nay told the FBI that Cordery called him on Tuesday. Cordery told him, "I know that they know it is me. I'm not coming back." Investigators think say the call originated from the San Francisco.
Police say Cordery robbed the Goldenwest Credit Union at 3664 W. 10400 S, in South Jordan. As he entered the credit union, he pulled a mask over his face and drew a gun from his waistband. He then approached two tellers and told them to get into the vault.
Once inside the vault, he made one of the tellers open up a cash drawer. South Jordan police Lt. Rob Hansen said, "He identified the dye pack, so it was removed prior to him exiting."
He left in one of the employee's cars, which police found abandoned about four blocks away.
An Ogden salon owner said Cordery came to her wanting to dye his red hair, black. Authorities say information from his wife makes them believe that's just one part of his disguise. Juan Becerra, with the FBI, says, "In the days before [the robbery] he had been experimenting with wigs. He had purchased a wig, [and] that he had used some of this makeup and tried it on and was trying to change his appearance."
Cordery's mom tells Eyewitness News she's devastated but loves her son.
Authorities say it's bizarre behavior for someone who has no criminal history. "In today's world, the economy the way it is, some people may be driven by debt or by desperation to do these types of things, and desperate people do desperate things," Becerra says.
The FBI says Cordery should be considered armed and dangerous.
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