Suspect in bank robbery captured leaving grocery

May 11, 2006

Richton Park police on Wednesday said they were holding a man they believe robbed a bank in the village earlier in the day.

A man walked into a Charter One Bank branch at Sauk Trail and Governors Highway at about 1:20 p.m., approached a bank employee and demanded money, Richton Park Deputy Police Chief Vito Mannino said.

He said he had a weapon, but none was displayed, Mannino said. After receiving an undetermined amount of cash, the robber ran off but was apprehended a short time later as he left a grocery about half a mile from the bank, Mannino said.

The man had no weapon, and proceeds from the robbery were recovered, Mannino said. The FBI was questioning the man late Wednesday, and he likely will be turned over to federal authorities, Mannino said.