Mark Edward Wetsch has been charged with 13 counts of armed bank robbery.
A Hopkins U.S. Bank branch robbed Dec. 5 was not included in an indictment, unsealed Thursday afternoon, against a Minneapolis man suspected of being the “Man in Black” who hit more than a dozen Twin Cities banks. Federal prosecutors charged Mark Edward Wetsch, 49, with 13 counts of armed bank robbery in connection with incidents dating back to March 9. Those charges reflect the cases that investigators, prosecutors and a grand jury all agree there is strong evidence to support, said Jeanne Cooney, director of community relations for the District of Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office. There are about 20 other “banks of suspicion” that have not been charged, she said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office can’t disclose information on the investigation…
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St. Peter Police arrested 49-year-old Mark Edward Wetsch after he was seen in a vehicle thought to have been used in a Tuesday bank robbery.
(UPDATED: 2:59 p.m. Jan. 4) The FBI is investigating whether a man arrested on suspicion of robbing a Brewster bank is the same “man in black” who hit a Hopkins bank and others in the Twin Cities, according to an FBI news release. St. Peter Police arrested 49-year-old Mark Edward Wetsch, of Minneapolis, on Tuesday afternoon after he was seen traveling in a vehicle suspected of being used in a robbery at Brewster’s Rolling Hills Bank at 11:50 a.m. the same day. The FBI expects that Wetsch will be formally charged in connection with the Brewster robbery. It is currently evaluating whether Wetsch is the “man in black” who is suspected of hitting at least a half-dozen other banks around the Twin Cities—including the robbery of the Hopkins U.S…
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