Overview
- Jerome Ruben, 24, was arrested Jan. 9 after investigators tracked his vehicle two days after the Jan. 7 robbery at the TDECU branch on the University of Houston campus.
- He is charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon for the UH case and with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, and aggravated robbery tied to a Dec. 17 incident involving a Baytown/South Houston cash-store employee.
- Court and jail records list combined bonds between about $5 million and $6 million, with Houston Public Media reporting a current total of $6 million.
- Investigators cite surveillance video, Flock Safety camera footage, license-plate records, and a Texas DPS photo lineup in linking Ruben to the December attack; officers also recovered cash and disguise items after his arrest.
- UH issued an alert early Jan. 14 after a woman was robbed at gunpoint near the Student Accessibility Center and forced to send money via CashApp, with the suspect described as a thin Black man about 5'6" wearing a black ski mask and he remains at large.