PORT HURON, Mich. – Dryden Township Police Chief Larry Pack was shocked to learn the identity of a man suspected of robbing Oxford Bank earlier this month.

“I’ve worked with him here,” Pack told MLive. “There were no issues. Nice guy. I’m absolutely surprised. Absolutely.”

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Dryden Township Police believe former Dryden Community Schools superintendent Tom Goulette, 51, donned a ski mask and blue pea coat Jan. 8 to rob Oxford Bank at gunpoint before fleeing in a white Toyota. Dryden, who served at the helm of the two school district for eight years, also stands accused of holding up Tri-County Bank in nearby St. Clair County the day prior, also using a gun and fleeing in a pickup with the cash, according to the news site.

Dryden is charged with armed robbery in St. Clair County, where he’s held on a $1 million bond, and will face similar charges in Lapeer County once the first case is resolved, officials told The County Press.

Dryden served as superintendent until Dryden and Imlay City Community Schools boards voted to share superintendents and he retired in 2013 to pursue a fitness business with his daughter called Just Right Fitness Solutions, according to media reports.

MLive reports Dryden was at one point massively overweight and lost over 70 pound in one year during his early 40s, a lifestyle he continued to become a personal trainer and run in the 2013 Boston Marathon.

St. Clair County Prosecutor Michael Wendling told the new site tipsters led local police and FBI agents to Goulette through the description of the pick-up truck used in the St. Clair County robbery. School board minutes from 2012 show Dryden maintained school district accounts with both of the banks he’s accused of robbing, as well as five others.

“Asked about why the two-school district needed so many bank accounts, Goulette ‘indicated the reason for the numerous depositories is due to the economic times and the need to maximize our resources,’ minutes say,” according to MLive.

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Goulette’s daughter refused to discuss her father’s plight when contacted at the family business by a MLive reporter.

“We’re not giving any comments,” she said.

Authorities were unsure what motivated the bank robberies, but Chief Pack believes “it was just financial.”

Pack told The County Press he interviewed Goulette after his arrest by St. Clair County Sheriff’s deputies at his home last Friday, though did not reveal what, if anything, his department gleaned from the conversation.

Pack said he expects Goulette to return to Lapeer County after his case is resolved in St. Clair County, where the former school superintendent is scheduled for a probable cause hearing Feb. 2.

Goulette faces up to life in prison if convicted.