CHICAGO – Authorities are offering $45,000 in rewards for information leading to arrest of a heavily armed masked man they believe is responsible for as many as 16 bank and credit union robberies over the past year. The robber, believed to have hit Health Care CU, among other local institutions, is being called the ‘Wheaton Bandit’ because seven of the branches he held-up were in that western suburb of Chicago. The bandit always brandishes a semi-automatic handgun and wears body armor under his clothes, as well as a mask or hood to conceal his face. He has been featured on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ and ‘Chicago’s Most Wanted’ as authorities seeks public assistance in his capture.
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