Rochester Hills bank robbery suspects arrested

By DAVE PHILLIPS
Of The Oakland Press


Two men — one an illegal immigrant from Egypt, the other wanted in four additional bank robberies — have been arrested and arraigned for their alleged roles in a bank robbery in Rochester Hills.

Jurgen Golemi, 20, of Troy, and Devid Kamel Sahyoon-Wahba, 18, of Madison Heights, were both arraigned Thursday before 52-3 District Judge Nancy Carniak. Bond was set at $250,000 cash for each suspect.

Sahyoon-Wahba is an Egyptian citizen in the United States illegally, police said. If he makes bail, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a deportation order on him.

Golemi is a suspect in four additional bank robberies — three in Oakland County and one in Ohio. Charges will be forthcoming in those cases, which are all being investigated, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

Golemi is accused of entering the PNC Bank at Walton and Old Perch in Rochester Hills around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday. His head and face were covered with a shirt. Police say he threatened employees and customers with what appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun, gave a bank teller a bag and told all the tellers to fill it with money.

The man fled the bank with a bag full of cash. He ran down nearby Nesbit Lane before jumping into the back seat of a waiting vehicle, which was driven by Sahyoon-Wahba.

A 36-year-old Roseville resident saw Golemi get into the vehicle and followed it for a brief while before providing the license plate number to police.

An investigation led police to the Hampton Inn on Van Dyke in Sterling Heights, where officers found the suspects’ vehicle later Tuesday. Police saw the suspects leave the motel and enter the car with two women, and officers from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, Troy Police Department and the FBI stopped the four as they attempted to drive away.

During a search, officers found cash that had been stolen from the bank in the pockets of both men and one of the women. An Airsoft gun, which was used in the robbery, was found in the car, and Golemi was in possession of a small amount of marijuana.

Additional cash was found in the suspects’ motel room.

Both women — an 18-year-old Madison Heights woman and a 25-year-old Royal Oak resident — were released from custody. Police said they were not at the bank or in the car at the time of the robbery.

Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard praised the Roseville resident who provided the license plate number.

“This citizen is to be commended for his quick thinking and bravery,â€