Police chief credits citizen for quick arrests

RANTOUL – Rantoul Police Chief Paul Farber said officers were quickly able to apprehend the men who robbed a Rantoul credit union on Monday thanks to help from an ordinary citizen.

Farber credited a passing motorist who flagged down Rantoul police Officer Joel McQueen after seeing armed men wearing blue ski masks walking into the Community Plus Federal Credit Union, 526 E. Champaign Ave., at 4:12 p.m. Monday.

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