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Accused ‘Red Line Robber’ indicted 25-Sep-09 – A grand jury has charged Lance P. Dennie with seven counts of bank robbery – including robbery of the Chase branch at Marina City twice. According to a document filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Dennie took about $6,938 from the Chase branch on December 5, 2008. On March 10, 2009, he allegedly took $4,388.50 from the same branch. It’s believed he did two bank robberies that day, getting $1,080 from MB Financial Bank at 6443 North Sheridan Road.
The other four counts include these robberies…
The last two robberies happened within a few blocks of Marina City. During the March 13 robbery, Dennie is also accused of forcing a bank employee to accompany him to avoid apprehension. Not included in the indictment is a May 12 robbery of MB Financial Bank in the Unitrin Building, one block south of Marina City, and a robbery on January 23 – the same day as the Bank of America robbery – of North Community Bank Branch, 5342 North Broadway. The FBI had suspected those robberies to be the work of the Red Line Robber, who got the nickname because the robberies happened near stops on the CTA Red Line. Dennie has been in federal custody since his arrest on August 29. He made a brief courtroom appearance on September 2. At a detention hearing and preliminary examination, Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez ordered Dennie entitled to a court-appointed attorney. Public defender Robert Seeder told the judge Dennie had decided not to contest detention. He is scheduled for arraingment on September 29 before Judge Valdez, where he will be formally charged.
(Above) Marina City branch of JPMorgan Chase & Co., from near State Street. East tower in background.
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