Crime & Safety
Waukesha Bank Robbery Call Turns out to be not a Robbery
Woman didn't want to give her boyfriend money to go home to Chicago.
The Waukesha Police Department responded at 4:07 p.m. Wednesday to Waukesha State Bank for an armed robber call that turned out to be a false alarm.
A 29-year-old woman slipped bank tellers a note that the man behind her was going to rob her after she cashed her check, according to a news release from Sgt. Jerry Habanek.
“Can you please call the police, the guy in the black jacket and yellow hat is trying to rob me,” the note said.
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The man was taken into police custody and the following investigation revealed no weapons were involved and it was not a random act.
The woman did not want to give any money to the man, who she was in a relationship with, because he would go to Chicago where he lives, Habanek said in the news release.
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The investigation is continuing.
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