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Posted: November 23, 2011

UNC student returns to state to face bank robbery charge

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Raleigh, N.C. — A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior is back in the state after his arrest last week in New Jersey in connection with two local bank robberies.

Gordon Miller Goodwin, 22, was arrested in Atlantic City, N.J., in connection with a robbery at a SunTrust Bank branch in Apex on Nov. 7.

He is also a suspect in the Nov. 3 robbery of a SunTrust Bank in Youngsville, police there said.

Goodwin surrendered Nov. 13 to police on charges of common-law robbery after his mother's plea on TV for him to surrender. He arrived in Wake County around 9 a.m. Wednesday and was released on a $25,000 bond shortly thereafter.

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SFSOLDIER." Sounds like you have been there,it's hard evidently taking a shower sitting down,hows that work for us who have no "can" exsperience?

cantstandya
November 23, 2011 5:38 p.m.

What a great mom. It's good to see the support she provided to her son. One can only wonder how a seemingly put-together family dynamic could create such a situation.

John Q Public
November 23, 2011 4:38 p.m.

He'll need that "tough guy" look when he gets to the "can." They will really like that 22 yr old smooth skin ...he shoulda thought about his "new" friends and their attitudes towards him before he committed the crimes. He'll be considered "fresh meat" when gets there.....

SFSOLDIER
November 23, 2011 4:34 p.m.

C'mon people, let's stop hating on UNC... Geez. I went to high school with Gordon. I know he got busted for pot in high school and then again during his first semester at UNC b/c the school kicked him out for awhile. Also heard that he went to rehab for a painkiller addiction some time after that... I'm surprised UNC let him come back. I'm not sure this news really comes as a huge surprise to anybody because he definitely has some underlying issues going on. He was a nice, unassuming kid back in the day... I hope he gets the help he needs!

missunc89
November 23, 2011 4:28 p.m.

"If a senior in the "flagship" university is operating at a diminished mental capacity perhaps UNC should do a better job of screening applicants or retaining them after admission?"

The uni-bomber went to Harvard, Michigan, and California. The most famous serial killers, sociopaths and psychopaths were all very intelligent. The diminished mental capacity can happen over time. As a person's mental state deteriorates, they has trouble telling right from wrong, and can become delusional.