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Bank of America on LaSalle robbed

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(Above) Bank of American branch at corner of North LaSalle Street and West Grand Avenue in River North. Google Maps image. Click to view larger version.

December 28, 2014 – No one was injured in a bank robbery on LaSalle Street before the holidays.

On December 19 at about 5:38 p.m., a man walked into the Bank of America branch at 515 North LaSalle Street and demanded money.

He did not display a gun but Chicago police say the man implied he had a gun. He fled with an unknown amount of cash.

The robber is described as African-American, 25 to 30 years old, and approximately four-feet-ten-inches tall. He has brown eyes and was wearing a black coat with fur collar and a knit cap.

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