Arrest made in Minnesota bank robbery

December 7, 2022

BEMIDJI, MINN. – Police in Bemidji have made an arrest of a suspect in an armed bank robbery Tuesday afternoon.

Officers say the white man in a Fed-Ex jacket robbed a Wells Fargo bank and fled on foot. Authorities were asking for the public’s help locating a Chevy Equinox that witnesses said the suspect got into while fleeing police.

Investigators haven’t identified the suspect or said how much money he stole from the bank.

ORIGINAL STORY:

BEMIDJI, Minn. (KFGO) – Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Bemidji.

The caller who reported the armed robbery at Wells Fargo Bank at 2024 Paul Bunyan Drive NW said the man fled southbound on foot and got into a charcoal grey Chevrolet Equinox with Minnesota license plate JMP557. The vehicle also has a bumper sticker that reads “STAY HUMBLE AND KIND”.

The suspect is described as a white man who was wearing a blue and black FEDEX jacket and black hooded sweatshirt.