Tips Lead Police to Credit Union Robbery Suspect

Palo Alto Police have arrested a suspect in last Saturday’s robbery of Provident Credit Union at 2390 El Camino Real.

The suspect was nabbed after police received two separate tips from people connected to the law enforcement system.

Following the robbery, police created a bulletin and distributed it to regional law enforcement agencies. The bulletin contained surveillance images of the suspect.

A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Deputy who is assigned to the Main Jail recognized the man from a prior booking and contacted Palo Alto Police.

The other tipster was the suspect’s San Mateo County Probation Officer.

Detectives from the Palo Alto Police Department conducted further investigation that connected the suspect to the robbery.

Tuesday morning Palo Alto Police officers arrested 50-year-old transient Eddie Darrell Boyce, Jr., at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto.

Officers from the Veterans Affairs Police Department assisted with the arrest, which occurred without incident.

Boyce is on probation for prior convictions involving drugs and evading police.

Boyce was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for one count of robbery, a felony.

If you have information about the suspect or the robbery, call the 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984.

Also on Palo Alto Patch

Need a College Scholarship?

Astronomy Teacher is Out of This World!

Stanford Scholar Wins Pulitzer Prize in Fiction