FBI Releases Photos Of Bank Robbery Suspects
The FBI is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the suspects.
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The FBI is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the suspects.
According to the FBI, William Francis Minore used a phony school shooting and other similar emergencies as a distraction while he held up banks in Empire and Lake Ann at gunpoint.
The robber should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said.
Alonzo Turner, 52, faces two counts of bank robbery in connection with the Aug. 2, 2017 robbery of a U.S. Bank branch at 5850 W. Belmont, and the robbery of a Bank of America branch at 7126 W. North Ave. two days later, according to the FBI.
Authorities believe the same person who robbed a Fifth Third Bank branch Saturday in Lake Forest also robbed a bank in Deerfield.
Matthew Silberman, 27, was charged with four counts of bank robbery in a federal complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court's Northern District of Illinois.
A man arrested after allegedly robbing a bank Friday morning in Lisle is suspected of three other suburban bank robberies since November.
A man suspected of robbing four suburban banks this month struck again Saturday afternoon in northwest suburban Algonquin.
The non-takeover robbery happened at 1:19 p.m. at a Fifth Third Bank branch at 704 Roosevelt Rd. in Glen Ellyn, according to the FBI.
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The person suspected in two northwest suburban bank robberies this month struck a third time Wednesday in Arlington Heights.
The robbery happened about 6 p.m. at the Chase Bank branch at 1600 W. Lake St., the FBI said.
The suspect could be connected to other bank robberies, the FBI said. A $1,000 reward was being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Skye Perk is charged with bank robbery by intimidation for the hold-up of the Fifth Third Bank branch at 15330 Harlem Avenue in Orland Park.
The non-takeover robbery happened about 10:31 a.m. Saturday at the BMO Harris Bank branch at 522 W. Roosevelt Road, according to the FBI.
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The suspect entered a Glen Ellyn bank, announced a robbery and demanded money from the teller, police said.
Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call the FBI's Chicago office at (312) 421-6700.
The suspect entered the bank about 6:40 p.m. in the 1600 block of Larkin Avenue and demanded money, according to Elgin police.
An Evanston man charged with robbing a bank in Skokie allegedly ran into a nearby Walmart after the heist to change his clothes.
He was turned over to the FBI for criminal charges, police said. No injuries were reported in the robbery.
Darrell Blakeley, 44, was arrested Monday morning and charged with robbing the U.S. Bank branch at 3525 W. 63rd St. on July 26.
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