EAST ST. LOUIS — Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced Monday that a complaint has been filed in federal court charging a Granite City man with the robbery of Granite City Steel Credit Union on October 20, 2017.

The Complaint alleges that Torricelli A. Johnson walked into the Granite City Steel Credit Union in Granite City and told the credit union teller, “this is a stick up” and demanded money in $100 bills.

The robbery of a credit union carries up to a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, to be followed by up to three years of supervised release and a fine up to $250,000.

The investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Granite City Police Department.