A man suspected of robbing three other banks since April held up the Chase Bank branch at 6612 W. North Ave. in Chicago on Aug. 19, according to the FBI.
The Chicago FBI has released pictures of the suspect, who reportedly staged a “takeover robbery” at 5:01 p.m.
Garrett Croon, an FBI spokesman, said takeover robberies entail most people in the bank having an awareness that the bank is being robbed. In most bank robberies, only the teller is aware that a robbery is taking place until it’s over.
A description of the incident released by the FBI did not give any details on how the event unfolded. The suspect was armed with a handgun, according to the FBI.
The report did state, however, that the suspect had robbed three other Chase banks in Chicago between April and July of this year.
The suspect, identified only through surveillance camera video images, robbed the Chase at 2228 S. Western Ave. on April 8 at 11 a.m. He allegedly robbed the Chase branch at 3101 W. Cermak Road on two occasions, June 9 at 2:33 p.m. and July 7 at 2:35 p.m. All of those incidents were described as takeover robberies, according to the FBI.
According to the FBI, the suspect is a black man in his 40s, standing between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8, with a medium build and weighing between 200 and 220 pounds. In the most recent robbery, believed to have been committed without an accomplice, the suspect wore a white and brown checkered hat, a black button-down shirt with a white design, tan pants and white shoes.
Two other men are believed to have helped the suspect in the other robberies, although Croon could not say exactly which robberies the other two men were involved in specifically.
His accomplices were described as a black man in his 40s or 50s, with a slender build, standing 6 feet tall and wearing a black golf cap and red shirt and a black man in his early 40s with a large build – approximately 220 to 240 pounds – standing between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot10 and wearing a plaid shirt, sunglasses, a black hat and black shorts.
Anyone with information about the incidents can contact the Chicago FBI at 312-421-6700.
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