FBI seek "Bare-Chested Bandit" who committed 3 bank robberies in the Loop
Authorities said it was the first incident in recent years in which they've observed a suspect changing clothes on public transportation.
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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.
Witnesses at both locations say he pulled out a silver handgun, demanded money, then fled the scene on foot.
The suspect first robbed the Old National Bank on Dixie Highway in Chicago Heights, then, about an hour later, the Fifth Third Bank on Cicero Avenue in Oak Forest.
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge want to know who was behind a bank heist at the BMO bank near Western and Bussee Highway.
It happened at the location near Western and Busse Highway Friday morning.
Park Ridge police and the FBI said the man walked into the bank, pulled out a gun, and demanded money from the teller before fleeing the scene.
Four robberies have occurred at two U.S. Bank locations in Elmhurst and Schaumburg, Illinois, since October of last year.
The FBI is searching for a man they say is responsible for robbing the same two banks in two Chicago suburbs, with the latest happening on Thursday.
The employees on the scene were not injured, UIC police said.
The FBI and UIC police were investigating Friday afternoon.
Police say, before 11 a.m. Monday, 36-year-old Peter Sova passed a note to the bank teller while holding what the teller thought was a gun. He left the bank, but police found him in a nearby field.
They said before 11:00 Monday morning, 36-year-old Peter Sova passed a note to the bank teller while holding what the teller thought was a gun. Police later found him in a nearby field. They found Sova's son at home.
A bank robber was caught just moments after a heist in Chicago's Loop, but it's what federal agents found on the suspect that's raising eyebrows: a note seemingly tying the robbery to anti-government sentiment.
CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports a federal complaint said the robber, identified as Kendall Jones, asked a teller about opening an account and then passed a holdup note to the teller, asking if it would suffice as identification
The same man is suspected in both robberies. Police said he made a verbal demand for funds while showing a handgun.
Witnesses said US Bank branches in Hanover Park and Schaumburg were robbed.
Authorities said the robber made a demand for money and threatened with violence. No injuries were reported in either incident.
The robber made a verbal demand for money at the bank and implied he had a gun, the FBI said.
He wore a white mask with black spots, a green hoodie with white drawstrings, blue jeans, and brown boots.
A bank on Chicago's North Side was robbed Wednesday morning. The Byline Bank in the 6900 block of North Clark Street was robbed by a person whom the FBI described as a white male, approximately 40 to 50 years old, around 6 feet tall, with a thin build.
Bank staff told officers that a subject entered the bank, handing the teller a note indicating that he was robbing the bank by threat of violence.
From another angle, you can see long hair over the right side of his face in what the FBI calls a possible "emo" style.
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