Sketch Released In Portage, Ind. Bank Robbery
The armed robber fled MainSource Bank, 5959 U.S. 6, around 1:45 p.m. Monday after demanding money.
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The armed robber fled MainSource Bank, 5959 U.S. 6, around 1:45 p.m. Monday after demanding money.
The robber, identified as 26-year-old Carl P. Wilson of Joliet, entered the First Midwest Bank branch at 11200 W. 143rd St. in Orland Park just after 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 armed with a semi-automatic handgun and wearing a black hood on his face, according to the FBI.
A superseding indictment filed last week in the U.S. District Court in Hammond charges Jeremiah Ellis with two counts each of Hobbs Act robbery and of robbery affecting commerce.
A woman robbed a Chase Bank branch Wednesday afternoon in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.
A man robbed a bank Saturday morning in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side.
A man suspected of robbing a bank in west suburban River Forest Saturday morning was arrested mere blocks away from the bank as he tried to make his escape, authorities said.
A gunman robbed a southwest suburban First Midwest Bank branch Monday afternoon, firing two shots inside the bank but wounding no one, authorities said.
The alleged "No Boundaries Bandit," who is suspected of robbing at least 13 banks in the Chicago area, has been charged in federal court with robbing a Southwest Side bank. He was arrested by Cicero police over the weekend.
A bank robber dubbed the "Hooded Bandit" struck his seventh northwest suburban bank Wednesday, his first robbery since April, according to the FBI.
A man suspected of robbing a Lakeview neighborhood bank earlier this month struck again Saturday morning in the Edgewater neighborhood, the FBI said.
Known as the "No Boundaries Bandit," the man described as a 200-pound Hispanic has robbed five Chicago banks, and now, seven in the suburbs—most recently in west suburban River Forest, according to the FBI.
During the robbery earlier this month, a female bank employee was shot in the arm.
A man suspected of robbing two suburban banks and trying to rob a third in the last three months struck again Monday morning, this time in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side, the FBI said.
Police in Munster, Ind. are searching for a man who robbed a Chase Bank Tuesday morning.
Bolingbrook police said they were called to First Midwest Bank, 450 N. Bolingbrook Dr., around noon after a man entered the bank, wearing a mask, and announced a robbery. A female teller in her 20s was shot in the arm during the robbery.
A bank was robbed Tuesday afternoon in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side.
A bank in west suburban North Riverside was robbed Friday afternoon.
A Blue Island man suspected of robbing five banks on the South Side and in the south suburbs is in custody facing federal charges.
The man walked into a Chase Bank branch at 10 S. Dearborn St. at 8:42 a.m., implied he had a weapon and presented the teller with a note demanding cash. Ten minutes later, a man matching the robber's description held up the Citibank branch at 11 S. LaSalle St.
The robbery happened about 10:35 a.m. at the TCF Bank branch inside a Jewel-Osco at 1952 W. Galena Blvd. in Aurora, according to an Aurora police statement.
A male walked into the bank, demanded money and ran away with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
A bank was robbed Sunday afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side.
William Rozelle, 30, allegedly presented his photo ID and Social Security number while trying to open checking and savings accounts, but left the bank after being told there was a fee to open accounts, then later returned and robbed the same bank.
A man robbed a bank in southwest suburban Burbank Friday afternoon.
The robber displayed a note and got away with an unspecified amount of cash, police said.
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