Monday, July 16, 2012
Bank of America lays some well-deserved commendations on Oak Lawn Police and South Suburban Emergency Response Team apprehending bank robbery suspect after 11-hour standoff.
The Oak Lawn Police Department and South Suburban Emergency Response Team were honored for their roles in apprehending a bank robbery suspect on June 2. The robbery occurred shortly after the Bank of America branch at 111th Street and Pulaski Road closed at 2:15 p.m. on a Saturday. It ended eleven hours later when police officers found the suspect—Charles B. Estell—wedged in an air duct. Pat O’Mara, senior vice president for Bank of America’s Security Group stopped by the Oak Lawn Village Board last Tuesday to drop off come plaques honoring the officers. O’Mara admitted that he had his doubts if the alleged robber was still inside the bank building. “I inquired a few times of the Oak Lawn police chief and SSERT commanders and all I got for…
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Federal criminal complaint filed against man accused of robbing an Oak Lawn bank on Saturday recounts terrifying takeover robbery.
At the end of a busy Saturday, two employees at the Bank of America branch were finishing up their day by counting the proceeds inside the vault, unaware that someone was watching them from above through an opening in the roof. Within moments, a lone black male carrying a large gun entered the vault and ordered the employees—both women—to the floor. Thus began a takeover robbery that ended with both employees bound and gagged by the bandit, and a manhunt that would not end until early the next morning. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. A federal criminal complaint sheds more light on this weekend’s bank robbery in Oak Lawn that saw police sharpshooters poised on the roofs of neighborhood homes in a …
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Police said a man connected to Saturday's robbery of the Bank of America branch in Oak Lawn has been charged with one count of robbery. Bank employees say they heard what sounded like the robber talking to another person outside the bank on a cell phone.
Criminal charges were filed against a Chicago man in connection with Saturday’s take-over robbery of the Bank of America branch at 4606 W. 111th St. SIGN UP for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts. Charles B. Estell, 38, was charged with one count of bank robbery in federal court on Sunday morning. Estell was found stuck in an air duct after he apparently hid in the ceiling of a shopping center, Oak Lawn police said. More than 60 police officers and FBI agents spent eleven hours searching for the alleged bank bandit. They believed the robber to be hiding in the ceiling of the shopping center where the bank branch is located after finding a broken window in an upstairs office and a blood trail leading to different sections of the second …
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Video of scene around 111th Street and Pulaski during 11-hour police standoff with Oak Lawn bank robbery suspect.
It was quite the scene on Saturday afternoon, with SWAT teams and police snipers poised on roofs after a man robbed the Bank of America at 111th Street and Pulaski Road. Read about the standoff as it unfolded on O-L Patch's Facebook page. Oak Lawn Police Division Chief Mike Kaufmann said the suspected robber entered the bank through a hole on the roof after the bank had closed earlier in the afternoon. After handcuffing two bank employees with zip ties, the bandit fled with an undisclosed amount of cash and escaped into the ceiling. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. After an 11-hour standoff, police found the alleged bank bandit stuck in an air duct on the second floor of the shopping center where the …
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Oak Lawn Police confirm that bank robbery suspect is in custody after 11-hour standoff.
OUTSIDE CHICAGO, IL -- Police SWAT teams nabbed a man suspected of robbing an Oak Lawn bank on Saturday afternoon after an 11-hour standoff. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Around 2:14 p.m. Saturday, a suspect described as a male black in his 20s entered the Bank of America at 4046 W. 111th St. through a hole in the roof after the bank had closed. Two bank employees were handcuffed with zip ties. The alleged bandit escaped through the ceiling with an undisclosed amount of cash, Oak Lawn Police Division Chief Michael Kaufmann said. READ earlier on-the-scene coverage from Saturday afternoon. Kaufmann confirmed that police had a person in custody around 1 a.m. Sunday. Kaufmann said that SWAT team members …
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Police believe bank robbery suspect is still in the building.
Update 12:20 a.m. Here is our last update on Saturday's bank robbery. More than 60 law enforcement officers, including Oak Lawn Police, the South Suburban Emergency Response Team, FBI and Cook County Sheriff's Police remain at the Bank of America shopping center as of midnight. Oak Lawn Division Chief Mike Kaufmann said police still believe the bank robbery suspect, described as a male black in his 20s, is holed up in the ceiling. There is no further information. If there is an update later this morning, Kaufmann said that a press release will be sent out today. Our last image of the evening is of an FBI SWAT team member suiting up at 111th Street and Keeler Avenue, walking west down 111th Street toward Pulaski Road carrying his high power…
A police perimeter has been set up around a Bank of America branch in Oak Lawn, where police said a robbery occurred this afternoon.
Updated 8:37 p.m. FBI and South Suburban Crime Reponse are searching the air conditioning ducts because blood was found earlier in the upstairs, Oak Lawn Division Chief Kaufmann said. Police are using remote control cameras to search inside the ducts. Two teams are searching; one FBI and one South Suburban Crime Response are doing the search. "They are still methodically looking, it's going to take time," Kaufmann said. Reports that police heard barricading are inaccurate. Kaufmann also would not confirm if the robber was armed with a TEC 9 gun. He said the robber was armed with an automatic handgun. Updated 8:04 p.m. Another updated from Oak Lawn Division Chief Kaufmann. Police are searching the ceiling area of the upstairs offices of the…
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Cell phone records for Arnoldo Jiminez, charged in the murder of his 26-year-old wife, last place him in Hidalgo, TX, near the Mexican border. Burbank Police seek public's help in locating him.
The FBI has joined an international manhunt for a missing bridegroom after his new wife was found slain in their Burbank apartment hours after they were married last weekend. A federal warrant charging Arnoldo Jiminez, 30, with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Jiminez was charged earlier this week in Cook County Criminal Court with one count of first- degree murder for the stabbing death of his 26-year-old wife, Estrella Carrera. (Read the federal warrant.) According to the Burbank police report, the couple was hastily married last Friday, May 11, at Chicago City Hall. Afterward, the couple dined at a Chicago restaurant with a small group of family and friends, before boarding a …
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