'This is ur chance to help fight back the Gov': Chicago bank robber's unusual demand note steals show
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The robber grabbed the cash and left the note on the counter. An off-duty Chicago police officer working as a security guard in the lobby of the Chase Bank building spotted the suspect running out of the high-rise and then east on Madison Street, where he ducked into a 57-story office tower at 70 W. Madison St., according to the complaint.
The robber jumped a turnstile in the lobby and ran up an escalator, but the security guard caught up to him while he was waiting at an elevator bank, the complaint stated.
The alleged robber, Kendall Jones, 18, of Chicago, was charged with one count of bank robbery. Prosecutors have asked that he be held in custody pending trial, and a detention hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Jones’ lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile, the complaint stated Jones still had the $500 on him at the time of his arrest, as well as three other handwritten demand notes with nearly identical language and loopy script as the one left at the Chase branch.
One of the notes found on Jones had a slightly more optimistic ending, however, instructing the recipient to “at least wait 2 hrs b4 contacting police.”
“They won’t catch me!” it said.
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