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Police continue to search for a man who robbed a bank in the Loop this week and is suspected in at least three other bank robberies in the area.

Authorities knew they would need a lucky break to catch a middle-aged bank robber who pulled off a dizzying number of heists in a three-month crime spree that spanned across nine states....

Advice for potential bank robbers: don't create a trail of posts bragging about your successful $62,000 robbery on Facebook. Unfortunately this tip would've actually been helpful for four suspected of robbing the International Bank of Commerce in Houston, Texas.

Two employees at a Waxahachie bank were locked in a vault this morning while a man robbed the bank and fled, police said. The robbery occurred about 7 am, shortly after the drive-through opened at ...

Bank robbers pulled off a dramatic heist Friday, strapping a suspected bomb to a teller and ordering him to steal as much money as he could grab from the vault - all while his father was being held hostage.

Man, 53, suspected in 25 bank robberies in 13 states was nabbed after a standoff in Louisiana.

Long Island may be far from the Death Star, but that didn't stop Darth Vader from paying a less-than-friendly visit to a bank in East Setauket, New York.

A bald, heavyset man who has robbed 21 banks in the eastern and central U.S. is proving to be so elusive that the FBI has given him a name -- the "Granddad Bandit" -- and announced plans Tuesday to post a digital picture of him on billboards in several states in hopes of catching him.

A man dubbed the "Granddad Bandit," suspected in more than a dozen robberies, struck again this week, the FBI said Friday.

Investigators in New England are looking for a woman who they say has robbed at least six banks -- often while claiming to have a bomb.