FBI: Wicker Park Bank Robbery Is Suspect's Fourth
A suspect in three bank robberies struck again Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
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A suspect in three bank robberies struck again Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
Some Elgin residents were on lockdown Wednesday night as police searched for a bank robber. The robber is now in custody.
Authorities are searching for the "Wicker Park Bandit" — last spotted robbing his eight bank, this one in the River North neighborhood Monday morning.
State child welfare officials said Saturday they are investigating a report that a Lake County woman brought her 5-year-old son with her while she accompanied her boyfriend on a bank robbery.
A man wearing a white construction hat, goggles, an orange construction vest, white sweatshirt, white scarf and gloves robbed the North Community Bank branch Thursday.
In robberies in Lansing and Munster, Ind., the suspect implied he had a weapon before receiving cash and fleeing.
An armed man with a bandana covering his face robbed a bank Friday evening in northwest suburban McHenry.
Police in Wheaton were trying Wednesday morning to find the person who robbed a bank in the western suburb.
A man got away with cash Saturday afternoon after robbing a Chase Bank on the Near North Side.
Authorities are looking for man suspected of robbing an Old Town bank Tuesday afternoon and fleeing on foot toting stolen loot in a black plastic bag.
A man implying he had a weapon robbed a Lakeview bank branch inside a Jewel-Osco grocery Saturday afternoon on the North Side.
A man implying a weapon robbed a Lakeview bank branch inside a Jewel-Osco grocery Saturday afternoon on the North Side.
A Lincoln Park bank branch that was robbed two weeks ago was the site of an attempted robbery Friday.
A man wearing a motorcycle helmet and brandishing a handgun is believed to have robbed two separate bank branches — one on the Southwest Side and one in south suburban Oak Lawn — since Thursday.
Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Far South Side bank branch for the second time last week.
A bank on Taylor Street in the Little Italy district was robbed Tuesday morning, by a man who attacked an employee at the back door while wielding a box cutter.
The FBI says the Chase Bank branch at Dearborn and Ohio was robbed at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
A 57-year-old man has been charged with robbing a Loop bank in September and is suspected of robbing the same bank at least three other times since August.
A bank inside a northwest suburban Jewel grocery was robbed Wednesday by a man wearing a fake mustache and nose, according to the FBI.
The FBI is on the hunt for a bank robber dubbed the "Stick Figure Bandit."
Police in north suburban Waukegan are looking for a green minivan with tinted windows in connection with a bank robbery Monday afternoon.
The FBI says that for the fourth time in two months, a bank in the Loop has been robbed - apparently by the same man.
A man who robbed a Loop bank branch on Friday is suspected of hitting the same bank at least two other times in the past two months, authorities said.
Federal authorities are looking for the man who tried to rob a Chase Bank branch in south suburban South Holland on Thursday.
A bank branch in downtown Highland Park was robbed on Thursday morning, the second bank heist in the area in the past three weeks.
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A 7-year-old girl from Chicago's south suburbs is being hailed as a hero after her quick actions got her dad the medical attention he needed.
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