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Updated: 11:02 PM Oct 5, 2009
Ada man suspect in Illinois bank robbery
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL -- An Ada man, one of two suspects in a Chicago-area bank robbery Thursday.
Posted: 10:58 PM Oct 5, 2009Reporter: KXII Staff Email Address: firstnews@kxii.com |
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SOUTH HOLLAND, IL -- An Ada man, one of two suspects in a Chicago-area bank robbery Thursday.
The Chicago Office of the FBI announced that 30-year-old Patrick R. Martin of Ada, and 46-year-old John R. Gower of Fairview, Oklahoma are suspects in the robbery of the First National Bank of South Holland Illinois.
The bank manager told authorities they received a telephone call thursday thursday morning from someone who claimed a bomb had been placed in the bank.
Martin reportedly entered the bank, left with 95 thousand dollars, and got into a car driven by Gower.
The two men were arrested after a high speed chase and shoot out that ended when the robbers crashed their car on an Illinois freeway.
Both men have been charged with one count of Aggravated Bank robbery.
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