Man charged with robbing Evanston bank; accused of several other bank heists
Haris Matchalovas is accused of robbing several banks at knifepoint over the past year.
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Haris Matchalovas is accused of robbing several banks at knifepoint over the past year.
The FBI responded to the bank robbery at the Bank of America, located in the 2300 block of West Indian Trail, around 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
FBI is searching for the suspect who robbed a bank Tuesday afternoon in Bridgeview.
The bank robber jumped over the counter, and demanded the teller open the bank drawer and hand over the money inside.
The suspect asked for money and showed a knife.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
It was not immediately learned whether the robber had a gun or got away with any cash.
It was not immediately learned whether the robber had a gun or got away with any cash.
A Huntington Bank branch right downtown was robbed late Monday.
Authorities said the suspect is talking with police, a social worker and negotiator on the scene.
Police are looking for three men who robbed a bank Tuesday on the city's Near West Side.
Customers and employees at a Near West Side bank were forced to the floor during a robbery Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities are looking for a suspected serial robber who robbed two banks in the Loop and Bridgeport neighborhoods earlier this week.
Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a bank Friday morning in west suburban Addison.
Authorities are searching for a suspect who robbed a PNC Bank Monday afternoon in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Police are investigating a bank robbery in Hyde Park just before noon Saturday.
The FBI is asking for help identifying a serial bank robber dubbed the "Bicycle Bandit," who has used a bicycle to flee the scene of four holdups since July.
A Villa Park man was charged Tuesday with robbing a bank in Lombard with fireworks duct-taped to his waist that were made up to look like a bomb, and authorities said he then texted his wife a photo of a wad of cash.
The hearing was the first since the Gary man was returned to Indiana after police arrested him last month near Valdosta, Georgia.
A second suspect is in custody after a deadly bank robbery in Gary on week ago in which a security officer was shot dead.
Police in Munster, Indiana were searching Monday for a bank robber who wore a hazmat suit and a hard hat.
Charges have been filed against a Miami man in a bank robbery in Gary this past Friday in which a security officer was shot dead, the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's office announced Sunday.
The FBI said the guard was killed during a robbery shortly after 1:15 p.m. at the First Midwest Bank branch at 1975 W. Ridge Rd. in Gary.
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Reddins was shot and killed last November while responding to a call of a man with a gun seen leaving a Chase Bank in Oark Park.
The driver of the struck vehicle later died at the hospital. Their passenger, only described as a juvenile, suffered serious injuries.
William Zientek, 46, was indicted last month in the shooting death of Dr. Olga Duchon, of Vernon Hills.
On Tuesday, Robert Brandt, 44, was arrested in the 4300 block of South Champlain.
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A suspect was arrested Thursday morning after police said she stabbed two people and carjacked a woman in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
Reddins was shot and killed last November while responding to a call of a man with a gun seen leaving a Chase Bank in Oark Park.
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The woman who was stabbed was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other victim was not seriously hurt.
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Reddins was shot and killed last November while responding to a call of a man with a gun seen leaving a Chase Bank in Oark Park.
William Zientek, 46, was indicted last month in the shooting death of Dr. Olga Duchon, of Vernon Hills.
Their identities were not released as they were juveniles at the time of the crime.
The woman who was stabbed was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other victim was not seriously hurt.
Some of the men now charged were already convicted in a deadly carjacking in Milwaukee.
