BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – A 41-year-old man suspected of robbing the PNC Bank on Capital Avenue SW Tuesday morning has been arrested in a Hammond, Indiana casino.
According to a news release issued by the City of Battle Creek, the man is not from Michigan.
He was initially being held in the Hammond Police Department Jail. The Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office has filed a warrant to extradite him.
With the help of surveillance video in the area of the bank, police determined the man fled the scene in a U-Haul rental truck and headed west on I-94.
Through the truck rental information, police identified the suspect and determined he was at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond.
The Hammond Police Department Gang Unit and FBI Gang Response Investigative Team Task Force arrested him Wednesday inside the casino.
Police recovered the gun they believe the man used in the robbery, as well as some of the cash taken. Police confirmed $7,560 was taken from the bank.
Police responded to the robbery at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday, after a man came into the bank acting like he wanted to open an account. After some time, he showed a handgun, and took cash from several bank tellers.
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