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State Police Make Arrest In Bloomington Bank Robbery

Bloomington Police Department

State Police have arrested a man from Fort Wayne, Indiana in connection with a bank robbery in Bloomington.

City police said a man took money from a PNC Bank on West Market Street about 11:23 a.m. Wednesday.

Bank workers say the robber initially fled on foot. Later video and witness accounts included a vehicle description.

Shortly after that State police spotted a suspect vehicle on I-74 near LeRoy and made a stop. 31-year old Zachary Finchum is in the McLean County Jail booked for Financial Institution Robbery.

 

WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.