Crime & Safety

'Man in Black' Bank Robber Caught?

The FBI has a man in custody who may responsible for several Minnesota bank robberies in 2011.

The FBI has a man in custody they believe could be the "Man in Black" bank robber who robbed several Minnesota banks in 2011, including the  in April.

Mark Edward Wetsch, 49, was arrested in St. Peter on Tuesday as he drove into town.

Wetsch was in a vehicle that police suspected was used earlier in the day in a bank robbery in Brewster, MN. Charges for that robbery are pending, but it may not end there.

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The FBI believes Wetsch could also be responsible for more than a dozen bank robberies dating back to spring 2011 based on the robber's clothing and routine.

In each of the robberies, a lone white male walked into the banks, brandished a gun, and demanded cash. In most cases, the man was wearing a black-hooded jacket, a dark ski mask, dark jeans and dark gloves. In some robberies, the FBI suspects the same man wore a tan jacket. He was usually described as having a medium build and between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches. Depending on eyewitness accounts, the descriptions varied.

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Wetsch's physical attitributes were not immediately made available to media.

Robberies believed to be connected to the "Man in Black" from the past year happened in , , , , , Savage, ,  and .

The alleged Northfield robber from April 2011 was described as white male who was about 25 years old, according to FBI Special Agent Steve Warfield. The man was describe as 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.


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