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Last updated on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
(ELLETSVILLE) - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Bloomington man who is a suspect in the bank robberies in Bloomington and Ellettsville this past summer.
According to a police report, 53-year-old Billy Joe McAuley entered the Peoples State Bank at 1406 West Temperance St., in Ellettsville on June 30 and handed the teller a note demanding cash. After receiving the money, he allegedly fled into the woods.
A similar robbery occurred two weeks later at a downtown Bloomington branch of Chase Bank, 100 South College Ave., on July 14.
Information uncovered during the investigation, both Ellettsville and Bloomington police to request a warrant for McAuley's arrest on two counts of felony robbery.
McAuley is currently being held in an Indiana Department of Corrections facility on an unrelated charge.
A hearing on the charges has been set for Thursday in the Monroe Circuit Court, with Judge Teresa Harper presiding.
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