March 17, 2009 – The same suspect who robbed the Marina City branch of JPMorgan Chase last Tuesday struck another Chase branch on Friday, according to the FBI.

This time, it was the Chase branch at 850 South Wabash Avenue in the South Loop. The robber entered the bank at about 5:00 p.m., forced the branch manager over to a teller, where he displayed a handgun. He announced a robbery and demanded cash, threatening employees at the branch with physical harm. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, he fled on foot.

On March 10, at about 3:12 p.m., the man walked into the Chase branch at Marina City. He displayed a handgun and announced a robbery, but it did not go smoothly. While leaving the bank, a security dye pack activated and cash was seen blowing around on North State Street.

The suspect is described as a black male, six feet tall, 200 pounds, 30 to 35 years old. (Left) Surveillance photograph from the March 10 robbery at Marina City. (Below) Photo from March 13 robbery in South Loop.

The FBI believes he is the same person who has robbed six banks in the Chicago area in the past three months. He has hit the Marina City bank twice. The previous robbery was on December 5, also at about 3:15 p.m. The bank had gone about two years without a robbery, according to crime data from the Chicago Police Department,

There were no injuries in any of the robberies.

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