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WEBVTT FRIENDS THAT ENDED UP TURNINGHIM IN.JACOB GOODWIN IS CHARGED WITHFOUR ARMED ROBBERIES.>> WE CONSIDER HIM TO BE ASERIOUS THREAT.BRIAN: THE SAME GEAR HE DID AS ACOP.>> HE HAD A BALLISTIC VEST ONAND FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD BE INFOR MORE THAN THEY BARGAINEDFOR.BRIAN: INCLUDING HIS COWORKERSAND FRIENDS.THEY RESPONDED TO A RECENTROBBERY WHERE GOODWIN IS ASUSPECT.>> WHEN YOU PUT THE LIVES OFPEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH EVERYSINGLE DAY AND PUT YOUR FORMERFRIENDS LIVES IN GINGER -- INDANGER, THERE'S NO LENIENCY FORTHAT.THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS.IT IS UPSETTING TO THEM.BRIAN: GOODWIN IS ACCUSED OFAGGRAVATED ROBBERIES AT UDF, THESPEEDWAY, AND PEARLS BAR.WE HAVE LEARNED GOODWIN WAS ALSOAN OFFICER AT ELMWOOD PLACE.>> MAY 1 FOR GRAND JURY REPORT.BRIAN: THE MAN WHO PUT CRIMINALSIN COURT HAS COME AGAIN AS ASUSPECT.

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Newtown police officers recognized a car involved in several aggravated robberies last month as one belonging to their own former coworker's.Former officer Jacob Goodwin, 30, was arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated robbery Thursday.Goodwin has been tied to robberies in Anderson Township, Norwood and Cincinnati, authorities said.He has ten years of experience in law enforcement, his attorney said Friday.Officials said Goodwin robbed at least five stores since March 22. Police said he used a firearm during each offense and detectives believe he was wearing a ballistics vest during the robberies.“He came armed. If things went bad, he had a ballistics vest on and first responders would be in more than they bargained for,” said a Hamilton County prosecutor during Goodwin’s arraignment.Newtown police officers responded to one of the robberies, Newtown Chief Thomas Synan Jr. said.Newtown police officers recognized the vehicle used in the robberies as belonging to Goodwin, Synan said."Our responsibility is to uphold a standard of service and protect the public from harm which we did when he was released from the Newtown Police Department and now 6 years later," Synan said. "It was Newtown Officers that turned him in showing that our bond to those we serve goes beyond those who discredit our profession."Goodwin worked for Newtown police from February 2010 to March 2011, the department said.He resigned from Newtown Police in March 2011, the department said, after he was recommended for termination following "several disciplinary actions."He also worked in the security department at UC Health before working at the Elmwood Police Department from January 2014 to May 2016. Goodwin also worked at the Aberdeen Police Department until 2012.Goodwin is charged with four counts of aggravated robbery and is being held in the Hamilton County Jail on a $400,000 bond.