Police, FBI investigating after armed group robs BMO bank in Lisle
Lisle police said three suspects dispalyed guns and demanded money before fleeing the scene in a black vehicle.
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Lisle police said three suspects dispalyed guns and demanded money before fleeing the scene in a black vehicle.
An investigation is underway after an attempted armored truck robbery in Blue Island on Wednesday morning.
The suspect was taken into custody hours after the attempted bank robbery happened, authorities said.
The FBI was asking for help Thursday in finding a man who robbed a bank in St. Charles, Illinois, west of Chicago this past weekend.
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Maurice D. Lee Jr., 32, has been charged in federal court in Chicago with two counts of carjacking, two counts of robbery, and four counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Investigators said he gave a note to the teller implying he had a gun, but he didn't pull one out.
Emeril England, 25, of Chicago is charged with one count of bank robbery.
Authorities said he walked in, displayed a handgun, and demanded money.
FBI and local police say they responded to an incident at a Huntington Bank at Fullerton and Southport in Lakeview. A few hours later, the Fifth Third Bank at Broadway and Thorndale in Edgewater.
Authorities said three men walked in and demanded money while implying they had handguns.
The robbery happened at the BMO branch located in the 19500 block of South Harlem Avenue.
The FBI is looking for a man wanted for robbing a bank in west suburban Aurora Monday afternoon.
Do you recognize this man? The FBI is seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted in a bank robbery in Aurora on Monday afternoon.
Jason Paniagua is charged with two counts of bank robbery.
The Citibank branch in the heart of Chicago's Loop on Daley Plaza was robbed for the second time in as many weeks Tuesday morning.
Niles police said, just before 9:30 a.m., a suspect walked into a Fifth Third Bank branch on Golf Road, announced a robbery to a bank employee, and said, "I have a gun."
A federal jury convicted Tarandle Lee, 45, of Bolingbrook, for his involvement in robberies of three banks and a credit union between September 2021 and April 2022.
How much money was taken in the bank robbery and other details on the crime were not immediately available.
How much money was taken in the bank robbery and other details on the crime were not immediately available.
Authorities said it was the first incident in recent years in which they've observed a suspect changing clothes on public transportation.
Around 1 p.m. authorities responded to the Chase Bank in the 100 block of West Northwest Highway for a report of a robbery.
The robbery happened at Citibank in the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue just before 10 a.m. Monday.
The robbery led to schools in the area being placed on lockdown while officers searched the area.
Communities across Kankakee County, Illinois, are waking up to another day of cleanup after an EF-3 ripped through the area, leaving major damage.
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Communities across Kankakee County, Illinois, are waking up to another day of cleanup after a confirmed EF-3 ripped through the area, leaving major damage.
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Communities across Kankakee County, Illinois, are waking up to another day of cleanup after an EF-3 ripped through the area, leaving major damage.
The family said Tuesday night's tornado leveled the couple's home.
It was alleged that the woman and five coworkers returned from Turkey to O'Hare and were held for 30 hours. Since then, DHS, along with the Cook County and Dodge County sheriff's offices, said that didn't happen.
Two separate child abuse cases in Lake County, Illinois, are prompting questions about the roles schools play in identifying warning signs and alerting authorities.
Police said the two men, 32 and 33, were shot by an unknown person inside an apartment in South Austin on Wednesday evening.
Two separate child abuse cases in Lake County, Illinois, are prompting questions about the roles schools play in identifying warning signs and alerting authorities.
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