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Trial opens in 2009 escape of bank robbery suspect
After quietly slipping out of three sets of restraints and snatching the gun from one of two law enforcement officers taking him to court in 2009, Robert Maday launched a two-day crime spree with a chilling threat, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday at...
Tags: Lawyers, Firearms, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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2 downtown banks robbed in hour
Authorities arrested a 67-year-old man in connection with a Loop bank robbery, 45 minutes before a separate South Loop bank was robbed Thursday afternoon. Police are seeking a suspect in the later robbery. About 2:35 p.m., a man robbed a First...
Tags: MB Financial Inc., FBI, Bank Robbery, Theft
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Jurors ask to see guns used in escape, bank heist
Tribune reporterJurors weighing the fate of Robert Maday have asked to see two handguns he is alleged to have used in a high-profile escape and bank robbery in 2009. The query came Tuesday as the federal jury weighing bank robbery, escape and weapons charges against...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, FBI, Weaponry, Trials
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FBI: Loop bank rob suspect tied to other heists
A man who previously has served two stints in federal prison for Chicago-area bank robberies has been charged in another heist and is suspected in four others and an attempted robbery in the last month. Sharkey Elam, 67, was arrested Thursday after a...Tags: Police Investigations, Chicago Loop, FBI, Trials, Citigroup Incorporated
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Authorities search for man in 4 downtown bank robberies
Police continue to search for a man who robbed a bank in the Loop this week and is suspected in at least three other bank robberies in the area. No one was hurt during Wednesday robbery, police said. The robber entered the First American Bank at 33 W....
Tags: FBI, Citigroup Incorporated, Bank Robbery, Theft
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FBI searches for bandit who robbed bank in Evergreen Park
The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a First American Bank branch Saturday in south suburban Evergreen Park. The man walked into the bank at 3221 W. 87th St., pulled out a steel revolver and demanded money, the FBI said. He made off with an...
Tags: Police Investigations, FBI, Justice System, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man robs Far South Side bank with a handgun
Tribune reporterA man armed with a handgun robbed a branch bank in the Morgan Park neighborhood this morning, authorities said. The robber demanded cash from employees at the First American Bank branch at 11821 S. Western Ave. in the 9:30 a.m. robbery, but did not...Tags: FBI, Firearms, Theft
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Students Unite To Help A Third Grader Fight For His Life
WGNO NewsElementary school students in Luling are pulling their resources together to help one of their classmates fight for his life. Vanessa Bolano has the story. 8-year-old Alex Oxford is back at Mimosa Park Elementary in Luling after weeks of being absent....Tags: Culture, Learning Disability, Social Sciences, ADHD, Arts and Culture
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Real estate fraudsters get creative
As real estate fraud cases increase throughout region, Glendale police say thieves are becoming more sophisticated in their approach to defrauding the real estate owners. From falsifying documents to paying off people to use their credit to buy a home,...Tags: Crimes, Rentals, Trials, Insurance, Real Estate Sellers
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Bank robbers work hard for the money
It wasn't the smoothest getaway after a bank heist.
Two armed men walked into the First American Bank on the Far Southwest Side this morning, announced a robbery, jumped over the counter and cleaned out several teller drawers, according to the FBI....Tags: Crimes, FBI, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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FBI searches for bank robbers who escaped after crash
The FBI released photos today of two bank robbers whose get-a-way car collided with a garbage truck after an unsmooth heist Tuesday at First American Bank on the city's Southwest Side.
The robbery took place at a branch located at 11821 S. Western...Tags: Crimes, FBI, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Skokie Theatre still operating, for now
TribLocal - Northbrook » NewsThe financially troubled Skokie Theatre has been given a new lease on life and will — at least for the time beingĀ – continue bringing audiences …...
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