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By Jason George
Tribune Staff reporter
June 2, 2006
An Indiana man, dubbed both the "Harry Caray Bandit" and "10-Second Bandit" and suspected in a string of recent Chicago-area bank robberies, was arrested Wednesday in Indiana, the FBI announced Thursday.
Guillermo Rivera has been charged with making off with $2,000 on March 29 from the Palos Bank and Trust in Palos Heights.
At the time, police said the robber, decked out in oversized glasses, a baseball cap and perhaps a wig, resembled the late Cubs broadcaster.
The FBI later changed the moniker to the "10-Second Bandit" because he repeatedly demanded that tellers hand over cash "in 10 seconds."
Rivera, 52, also is suspected of robbing banks from February to May in Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Hickory Hills, Norridge and Munster, Ind.
Rivera was tracked down from a fingerprint found on a robbery note passed at a Hickory Hills TCF Bank branch on March 31, according to a complaint filed in federal court Wednesday.
The note handed to the teller read: "We know where you live! No alarms, no dye packs. I'll check. In 10 seconds--All the cash. ... 3 min getaway. Hand this back now!"
The teller handed over about $1,556 in cash, but not the note, which was later analyzed at the Illinois State Police Laboratory in Chicago. On May 26, the fingerprints were identified as those of Rivera, Hickory Hills police said.
Investigators did not say why Rivera's fingerprints were on file in the FBI Federal Fingerprint Database.
Rivera, who was arrested at his girlfriend's house in Valparaiso, Ind., appeared in a Hammond courtroom Thursday and said he would not contest transfer to Chicago to face the robbery charge, said Ross Rice, spokesman for the FBI's Chicago office.
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