Thursday, February 9, 2012
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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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The men are accused of stealing items from an Edina home at gunpoint.
A Hopkins man is one of three people enjoying a stay at the Hennepin County Jail after being apprehended by Edina police on suspicion of robbery late last week. Andrew Indelicato Peterson, 20, of Hopkins, Alkwan Kwame Lawson-Holiday, 21, of Minneapolis, and Anthony Pierre Willie Doss, 20, of Minneapolis, were arrested after allegedly robbing a residence in the 5700 block of Wooddale Avenue at gunpoint on May 19. Molly Anderson, public information officer with the Edina Police Department, said this was not a random crime. "The victims knew the suspects in this case," Anderson said. Police allege Doss brandished a black semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at one of the victim's faces, demanding to know where electronics and money were …
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Eric Freeman, 18, faces one count of aggravated robbery and one count of simple robbery.
A second suspect has been charged in connection with the robbery of a drug dealer early Thursday morning. Eric Freeman, 18, faces one count of aggravated robbery and one count of simple robbery, said Police Sgt. Michael Glassberg. The exact details of the accusations against Freeman weren’t immediately available, but Glassberg said Freeman is alleged to have been in the 17th Avenue parking lot at the time the robbery took place there. Prosecutors previously charged 20-year-old Joemel Devon Robinson with the same offenses. Police say Robinson used a gun to threaten a man who he met to buy marijuana, hit the man on the head with the gun and took the man’s marijuana. Both Freeman and Robinson are in Hennepin County jail. Their bail has been …
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