Authorities seek man who robbed 2 suburban banks in an hour
Witnesses at both locations say he pulled out a silver handgun, demanded money, then fled the scene on foot.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The pictures, released last week, also show the man pointing a gun at workers during the robbery at the US Bank on Meacham Road near Schaumburg Road.
Schaumburg police said the US Bank at 60 S. Meacham Rd. was robbed at 1:25 p.m.
The robber held up a US Bank in Schaumburg Wednesday afternoon.
Schaumburg police said an armed man robbed the bank at Meacham Road and ran off.
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