{"id":511749,"date":"2026-01-12T21:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511749\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:58:10","slug":"suspect-in-bank-robbery-on-uh-campus-wore-fake-breasts-hijab-during-alleged-heist-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511749\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in bank robbery on UH campus wore fake breasts, hijab during alleged heist, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"

New details are emerging in the investigation into a bank robbery on the University of Houston campus after a suspect was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Jerome Ruben, 24, was arrested on Friday, Jan. 9, after investigators tracked him leaving his apartment. He was pulled over and taken into custody by the Harris County Violent Persons Task Force. <\/p>\n

When he was stopped, a law enforcement source said he was driving the same vehicle used to flee a TDECU bank robbery on the University of Houston campus two days earlier.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/b>Armed robbery reported at UH\u2019s TDECU credit union for second time since October<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The robbery occurred on Jan. 7 at the on-campus TDECU\u2014a location that was previously targeted in a separate heist on Oct. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n

A source told KPRC 2\u2019s Bryce Newberry<\/a> that investigators found a \u201clarge amount of currency\u201d inside Ruben\u2019s vehicle when he was pulled over. Officers recovered a black hijab and a black dress, items investigators believe were worn during the Jan. 7 robbery.<\/p>\n

According to another source, a bank employee told police the suspect appeared to be wearing fake breasts during the robbery\u2014a detail investigators believe was intended to disguise the suspect\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

After the bank\u2019s first robbery back in October, the FBI released surveillance images of a suspect, dubbing him the \u201cCougar Campus Crook\u201d and asking the public for help identifying him. <\/p>\n

KPRC 2 is working to confirm whether Ruben is also suspected in the \u201cCougar Campus Crook\u201d robbery, but that incident is still under investigation.<\/p>\n

MORE ON THE FIRST HEIST: <\/b>FBI releases photos of \u2018Cougar Campus Crook\u2019 wanted for University of Houston bank robbery<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Ruben appeared before a judge on Monday morning. He was charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and given a $2 million bond for that charge. <\/p>\n

He was also on probation for an aggravated robbery conviction at the time of his new arrest.<\/p>\n

Ruben has now also been charged in a separate case involving an attempted robbery of a cash store in Baytown and a violent sexual assault of the store\u2019s employee, according to court records. He has also been charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and another count of aggravated robbery in that case. <\/p>\n

He was given a bond totaling $3 million for those three charges, along with the $2 million tied to the bank robbery investigation.<\/p>\n

Both investigations remain ongoing.<\/p>\n

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