A man appeared for arraignment in federal magistrate’s court Tuesday charged with bank robbery after he was identified on video wearing a local union T-shirt that he also stole.

U.S. Magistrate Jeffrey C. Manske accepted a guilty plea from Villobaldo Cienfue Solorzano on a charge of bank robbery in connection with the March 16 holdup at Educators Credit Union at 2400 West Lake Shore Dr. in Waco.

Manske ordered a pre-sentence report and said he would recommend to the U.S. District Court that Solorzano’s plea be accepted.

At around 5:35 p.m. on March 16, according to the complaint filed in the case, a man described as 5-feet, 7-inches tall, with a full black beard, and wearing a black long-sleeved shirt, approached a teller station inside the credit union and presented a note to the teller.

An FBI Special Agent said the note “said something to the effect of ‘this is a robbery, I have a gun, do not make any sudden movements and don't press the alarm’”, the complaint says.

The man left the lobby with the teller’s cash, but several surveillance cameras recorded his image and the report pointed out the video was of “excellent quality”.

While studying the video agents noticed distinctive writing on the shirt the robber was wearing that led them that said: “Union Proud American Made Local 72 Electricians."

Agents learned the logo referred to a Waco local branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and through that contacted Brandy Coleman, administrative assistant, with IBEW.

Coleman provided investigators with a statement that said she had encountered Solorzano, known also as “Villa”, and the two talked about an apprenticeship with a local electrician.

"Villa" asked what the shirts looked like and Coleman brought one out for him to see, then folded it and placed it on her desk.

Coleman told Solorzano it was time for her break and both walked out of the office, the complaint says, but she wasn’t aware he’d taken the shirt with him.

Later agents confirmed through video surveillance that after both left the office, the T-shirt no longer was on the desk.