Man in Black strikes again? FBI thinks so

He's changing his wardrobe but can't shake the label. The FBI thinks the suspect in a St. Paul bank robbery on Wednesday is the same person behind a string of heists around the metro. This would be the robber's eighth bank robbery in two months. Needless to say, if you have any clues about the suspect, authorities would love to hear them.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Dec 15, 2011

He's changing his wardrobe but can't shake the label. The FBI thinks the suspect in a St. Paul bank robbery on Wednesday is the same person behind a string of heists around the metro. This would be the robber's eighth bank robbery in two months. Needless to say, if you have any clues about the suspect, authorities would love to hear them.

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The latest robbery happened late Wednesday afternoon in Bloomington. The FBI believes it's the same suspect involved in a string of bank heists across the metro in the past several weeks.

The FBI is trying to determine whether a man suspected of bank robbery in southern Minnesota is the same man involved in a string of heists around the metro area. Authorities arrested the suspect after a bank robbery in Brewster, Minn.

Mark Wetsch is charged with robbing a bank in southwestern Minnesota's Nobles County, but investigators suspect he's behind the long string of heists attributed to "the Man in Black." Officials believe that robber - whose wardrobe eventually diversified - may have held up banks in a dozen communities.

Authorities think the man who hit a Hopkins bank Monday evening is the now-infamous "Man in Black" they've been pursuing after a rash of bank heists across the metro over the past several weeks. The Star Tribune says descriptions of the perpetrator are nearly identical, but he's apparently traded in his black sweatshirt for a tan jacket.

Mark Wetsch is charged with 13 counts of armed bank robbery in various towns around Minnesota. He was arrested after a robbery in Brewster, Minnesota, last month. Authorities say he referred to other robberies.

The FBI believes the man who robbed a U.S. Bank in Bloomington on Monday morning is the same suspect who robbed a bank in Fargo, North Dakota, on New Year's Eve. Anyone with information is asked to call 612-376-3200.

The rate of year-end bank robberies is nearly triple what it was a year ago. A robbery at the Glenwood State Bank in Alexandria Thursday makes it 67 statewide in 2011.

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