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The Tinley Junction 021518
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tinleyjunction.com News<br />
the tinley junction | February 15, 2018 | 3<br />
Tinley Park bank robbery suspect identified<br />
Cody Mroczka, Editor<br />
A 38-year-old homeless<br />
man has been charged<br />
with robbing a Chase Bank<br />
branch on Feb. 3 in Tinley<br />
Park.<br />
Thomas Conroyd appeared<br />
in federal court on<br />
Feb. 5 for an initial appearance<br />
in which he was ordered<br />
detained by the judge, according<br />
to Garrett H. Croon,<br />
FBI-Chicago’s Media Coordinator.<br />
The next hearing is<br />
scheduled for Thursday in<br />
U.S. District Court.<br />
The Tinley Park Police<br />
Department announced on<br />
Saturday afternoon that a<br />
suspect had been arrested<br />
after allegedly robbing and<br />
then fleeing the branch located<br />
at 17157 Harlem Ave.<br />
earlier that day.<br />
According to the criminal<br />
complaint, at approximately<br />
11:45 a.m., Conroyd<br />
allegedly intimidated an<br />
employee into handing him<br />
$4,300 with a handwritten<br />
note on a manila folder<br />
that stated, “PLEASE GIVE<br />
ALL YOUR CASH NOW.<br />
NO ALAR[M]. NO DYE<br />
PACKETS OR I START<br />
SHOOTING.”<br />
Conroyd then left the bank<br />
without taking the folder,<br />
however, while the bank<br />
teller called 911, she reportedly<br />
observed him walking<br />
toward the McDonald’s located<br />
across the parking lot.<br />
He was described as a white<br />
male in his mid-30s, roughly<br />
5-foot-6 tall with brown<br />
hair and wearing a charcoal<br />
grey-colored hooded sweatshirt<br />
and black beanie-style<br />
hate with bright orange and<br />
cream-colored gloves.<br />
At approximately 12:15<br />
p.m., <strong>TP</strong>PD responded to<br />
a 911 call of a report of an<br />
individual matching the suspect’s<br />
description in a church<br />
parking lot located at 17100<br />
69th Ave., approximately 0.4<br />
miles away from the Chase<br />
Bank.<br />
Officers then reportedly arrested<br />
Conroyd and searched<br />
him. They allegedly recovered<br />
a bundle of bills totaling<br />
approximately $4,300,<br />
the complaint states. Police<br />
brought the bank teller to the<br />
area where Conroyd was in<br />
custody and she reportedly<br />
confirmed his identity as the<br />
robber while investigators<br />
reviewed surveillance video<br />
from the bank.<br />
RIGHT: Security camera<br />
footage inside the Chase<br />
Bank bank captured this<br />
suspect later identified<br />
as Thomas Conroyd.<br />
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