U.S. Department of Justice
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March 8, 2004 Bensenville Man Charged with October Bank Robbery Thomas J. Kneir, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Frank Kosman, Chief of the Bensenville, Illinois Department of Public Safety (BDPS), announced today the arrest of DANIEL H. KUTZ, age 67, whose last known address was 325 South York Road in Bensenville. KUTZ was arrested Thursday afternoon (March 4th), without incident, by BDPS Officers who were responding to a report of a suspicious individual outside the Charter One Bank branch, located at 1125 South York Road. KUTZ was charged in a criminal complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of Bank Robbery, which is a felony offense. According to the complaint, KUTZ was observed by bank employees loitering outside the bank, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and bandana over his face. When BDPS Officers arrived, KUTZ attempted to flee the area, but he was stopped and questioned by the responding officers. A protective search of his person discovered a small caliber handgun in his pocket, which led to his arrest. Subsequent investigation by BDPS Detectives and FBI Special Agents developed evidence linking KUTZ to the October 31, 2003 robbery of the same Charter One Bank branch, in which over $14,000 in U.S. currency was taken. In announcing this arrest, Mr. Kneir wants to commend the Bensenville Department of Public Safety for their prompt response and the professional manner in which they handled this situation, which led to the resolution of an otherwise unsolved crime. KUTZ was subsequently turned over to the FBI and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael T. Mason in Chicago, Friday afternoon, at which time he was ordered held without bond. KUTZ is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Chicago, pending his next scheduled court appearance. If convicted of the charge against him, KUTZ faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years incarceration. The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. EDITOR's NOTE: A copy of the complaint filed against KUTZ is available from the Chicago FBI Press Office at (312) 786-2645. |
