Crime & Safety

Arden Hills Bank Robbed; Suspect's Description Similar to Northfield Credit Union Robber from April

At approximately 12:50 p.m., a TCF Bank branch located at 1160 W. County Road E. in Arden Hills was robbed by a lone, white male.

Another metro-area bank was robbed on Sunday, Nov. 13, in similar fashion to April's robbery of the .

At approximately 12:50 p.m., a TCF Bank branch located at 1160 W. County Road E. in Arden Hills was robbed by a lone, white male.

The robber entered the bank and approached the teller counter. Once at the teller counter, the robber demanded and received cash while brandishing a handgun, according to the FBI. The robber pointed the handgun at bank personnel and at a customer while inside the bank. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, the robber fled from the bank in a cream colored, Mitsubishi Galant.

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The robber was described as a white male who was approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall. The robber wore a black ski mask, a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and black shoes.

The description matches the suspect from a and attempted robbery in Bloomington on Wednesday. The description of the suspect and circumstances around the robbery also match a and a robbery that happened Nov. 1 at the .

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Those descriptions are also similar to the man the FBI is looking for in connection to the Northfield robbery, as well as robberies in Savage, . It's also a similar description to suspects for bank robberies in and .

The alleged Northfield robber is described as white male who is about 25 years old, according to FBI Special Agent Steve Warfield. The man is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and between 190 and 210 pounds. He wore a black-hooded jacket, a dark mask that covered his face from below his nose, blue jeans, dark gloves and black and white sneakers, the agent said.

If anyone has any information regarding any of the robberies, they are asked to call the FBI at (612) 376-3200.


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