Shane Murray Cummings is a wanted man.

There’s an active arrest warrant for the 37-year-old Oxford resident in connection with the July 26 robbery of the main branch of Oxford Bank at 60 S. Washington St.

According to village Police Chief Mike Solwold, Cummings was charged with one felony count of bank robbery and one felony count of armed robbery.

A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for any information that leads to his arrest. To report what you know, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

Although his last registered address is on W. Manor St. in the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community on Lakeville Rd., according to police, Cummings had been living on Brookhollow Dr. in the Parkhurst Estates manufactured home park, just west of M-24.

In the village police report, it was stated that Cummings has a history of drug use, does not work and moves from place to place. He also does not have a car. Police said Cummings, who has a criminal record, is potentially armed and dangerous.

According to the village police report, Cummings entered the bank at approximately 12:16 p.m. and handed a female teller a note that read, “I want 100’s, 50’s, 20’s. I have a gun.”

Although the teller “never saw a gun,” she complied with Cummings’ orders and stuffed the money into a black backpack that he had placed on the counter, the report stated.

Before he left the bank, the report stated Cummings “snatched the note off the counter” and took it with him.

Cummings was reported to have left the scene on foot, headed in a northeast direction.

Following the robbery, officers from both the village police department and Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, including the K-9 unit, searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspect.

They later found out why thanks to an anonymous tip. According to police, Cummings used a local taxi service to take him to and from the scene of the crime.

Police interviewed the taxi driver and he indicated that just prior to the bank robbery, he had picked up Cummings inside Parkhurst Estates and drove him to the public parking lot behind the Oxford 7 Theater.

According to the taxi driver, Cummings told him that his mother worked at the theater and he needed to borrow some money from her. After arriving, Cummings exited the taxi, but then returned to grab his backpack, the report stated. When the driver asked why he needed a backpack to borrow money, Cummings reportedly said, “Because she also has clothes for me.”

The taxi driver told police he lost sight of Cummings after he walked between the movie theater and bank. He recalled the suspect was gone for about 13 to 15 minutes. After returning, Cummings told the driver to take him to the Red Roof Inn in Orion Township, but then changed his mind multiple times and ended up being dropped off on the side of Orchard Lake Rd., just west of Woodward Ave.

Police said Cummings paid the driver a total of $200 using one $100 bill and two $50 bills.

Following the robbery, Cummings face and name were recognized by another bank employee, who, according to the report, told police he had been “passing bad checks at their outside ITM (Interactive Teller Machine).”

Solwold wished to “commend” the Oxford Bank teller for the way she handled the robbery.

“She did the right thing,” Solwold said. “She did exactly what we tell these guys to do. If somebody comes in, whether you see a weapon or not, give them what they want. Let them get out of there and we’ll track them down. Safety first. You can replace money, not people.”