MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for a man who is believed to be a suspect in a bank robbery on Tuesday north of the Twin Cities.
The Minneapolis bureau of the FBI says at about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, a white male entered the Northwoods Bank on the 1200 block of Fourth Street in Rush City. He demanded money from a bank teller after implying to the teller that he had a weapon.
The man got an undisclosed amount of money before fleeing from the bank. Rush City is north of the Twin Cities, near North Branch in Chisago County.
Authorities describe the suspect as a white male about 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing between 220 and 230 pounds. He was wearing sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt with a jacket over the sweatshirt at the time of the robbery.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the FBI at (763) 569-8000 or the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office at (651) 213-6327.