Three men indicted on robbery charges in a credit union hold up and theft from a pizza deliveryman pleaded not guilty during arraignments Dec. 30 in Miami County Common Pleas Court.

Half brothers Justin Higbee, 34, of Troy and Jeremy Miller, 32, of Huber Heights are charged in the Dec. 4 robbery of the Abbey Credit Union on Wayne Street.

Danny Pearson, 47, of Troy was indicted in the Oct. 21 robbery of a Dominos Pizza driver.

Higbee is charged with aggravated robbery and Miller with complicity to aggravated robbery in the credit union robbery.

Business employees told police a man in a black hooded sweatshirt and hat came in with a white paper bag and a note saying he had a gun and wanted money. A gun was not shown.

After leaving the bank, the man headed on foot toward Crescent Drive. A witness said he was seen getting into a brown Honda Civic, driven by a second man.

Police said people who saw the photo from a bank camera on social media identified Higbee.

Both men were apprehended later the same day, Higbee in Butler Twp. and Miller in Huber Heights.

Judge Jeannine Pratt continued bail of $500,000 each for the men at the arraignments. Pretrial hearings are scheduled Monday, Jan. 11.

Pearson’s bail was set at $25,000.

He is accused of robbing a pizza deliveryman of $20 and a pizza when the delivery driver went to a West Franklin Street house. The driver told police he saw a man come around the house as he approached. The man showed him what the driver believed to be a gun and asked for all of his money.

The driver said he complied and started to back away when the robber asked for one of the pizzas, too.

Police reported the call for the pizza was made on Pearson’s phone. When they went to the house where they were told Pearson was staying, police said they found pizza in the refrigerator and the empty box in the trash. Pearson told investigators he did not have a gun, but instead placed a stick in the waistband of his pants to make it appear there was a gun, according to reports.

Pearson’s pretrial hearing also is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 11.

Danny Pearson

Jeremy Miller

Justin Higbee