Suspect Arrested in Connection with Robbery of TCF Bank Branch

On April 26, 2012, at approximately 10:45 a.m., special agents from the FBI, along with local officers from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Violent Offender Task Force and the Brooklyn Center Police Department, arrested William Wellington Williams, date of birth September 13, 1983, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Williams was arrested near a Cub Foods located at 3245 County Road 10 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Law enforcement officers stopped Williams from robbing the TCF Bank branch that is located within the store. Williams was arrested inside the TCF Bank and was taken into custody without incident.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Oswald stated that “the foiled robbery was the result of excellent cooperation and tenacious investigative work by all law enforcement personnel involved.” Sheriff Richard Stanek commented that the arrest was the result of “an outstanding example of how the FBI and local agencies work in collaboration on behalf of public safety.”

The FBI and local authorities are looking into other, unsolved bank robberies for which Williams may be responsible. The investigation into Williams will continue with respect to these unsolved robberies.