Man Dressed As Woman Robs Park Ridge Bank
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (STNG) ― A man disguised as a woman allegedly handcuffed two employees of a northwest suburban bank Wednesday and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash from the vault.
Park Ridge police said the suspect entered the MB Financial Bank branch at 1014 Busse Hwy. around closing time at 7 p.m. and pulled out a black handgun from a bag he was carrying.
The man -- who was wearing a black and pink dress, white gloves, sandals and a woman's sun hat -- announced to the two employees that he was robbing the bank and demanded to be taken to the vault, police said.
Once inside the vault, he allegedly ordered a female employee to place all the money from the safe into what appeared to be a black handbag he was carrying. At this point, a customer entered the bank, and the robber ordered that individual to walk toward the vault, police said.
The robber then ordered the two bank employees into a restroom where he used strips of plastic to restrain their hands behind their backs. He then fled from the bank.
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (STNG) ― A man disguised as a woman allegedly handcuffed two employees of a northwest suburban bank Wednesday and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash from the vault.
Park Ridge police said the suspect entered the MB Financial Bank branch at 1014 Busse Hwy. around closing time at 7 p.m. and pulled out a black handgun from a bag he was carrying.
The man -- who was wearing a black and pink dress, white gloves, sandals and a woman's sun hat -- announced to the two employees that he was robbing the bank and demanded to be taken to the vault, police said.
Once inside the vault, he allegedly ordered a female employee to place all the money from the safe into what appeared to be a black handbag he was carrying. At this point, a customer entered the bank, and the robber ordered that individual to walk toward the vault, police said.
The robber then ordered the two bank employees into a restroom where he used strips of plastic to restrain their hands behind their backs. He then fled from the bank.
