A man dressed in a Santa hat and sporting a white beard robbed and threatened to blow up a credit union in Bridgeton, Mo.
According to court documents obtained by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kenneth Hopper, 58, stole $1,000 from the First Community Credit Union on St. Charles Rock Road and was later arrested by St. Ann police with the cash in hand.
A spokesman from the St. Louis County prosecutor's office says Hopper is being charged with first-degree robbery and making a terrorist threat.
Hopper was rushed to the hospital after the incident after complaining of chest pains. His bond is set at $100,000.
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