Alleged Indiana Bank Robber Caught in Michigan

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

By Staff Report-

An Indiana man has been arrested in Michigan after allegedly robbing five different banking institutions in two states.
One of the places he allegedly robbed was the Farmers State Bank in Leesburg.
According to a press release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department,  special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with KCSD detectives, captured the suspected bank robber that has plagued Michigan and Indiana since the summer.
Officials stated that Dennis Carl Love, 59, South Bend, was taken into custody Friday. The arrest took place during a traffic stop after Love, allegedly, attempted to rob the Martin, Mich., branch bank of PNC.
FBI agents stated that Allegan County Sheriff’s Department, Michigan, arrested Love while driving the originally described get-away-vehicle, a 1997 silver-colored Ford Escort station wagon that was sought by numerous law enforcement agencies.
Officials from the FBI were provided consent to search Love’s residence in South Bend. There they located additional evidence to implicate him in the various robberies. It was also discovered that Love had conducted each of the five successful and two attempted bank robberies while in the possession of a handgun, but never displaying it.
KCSD detectives and Kosciusko County Prosecutor Dan Hampton are currently working with Michigan and federal officials to also place additional charges for the robbery of the Leesburg branch of the Farmers State Bank July 12. FBI agents are currently seeking an indictment on federal charges, at which point Love will be transferred into federal custody in Grand Rapids, Mich.[[In-content Ad]]

An Indiana man has been arrested in Michigan after allegedly robbing five different banking institutions in two states.
One of the places he allegedly robbed was the Farmers State Bank in Leesburg.
According to a press release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department,  special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with KCSD detectives, captured the suspected bank robber that has plagued Michigan and Indiana since the summer.
Officials stated that Dennis Carl Love, 59, South Bend, was taken into custody Friday. The arrest took place during a traffic stop after Love, allegedly, attempted to rob the Martin, Mich., branch bank of PNC.
FBI agents stated that Allegan County Sheriff’s Department, Michigan, arrested Love while driving the originally described get-away-vehicle, a 1997 silver-colored Ford Escort station wagon that was sought by numerous law enforcement agencies.
Officials from the FBI were provided consent to search Love’s residence in South Bend. There they located additional evidence to implicate him in the various robberies. It was also discovered that Love had conducted each of the five successful and two attempted bank robberies while in the possession of a handgun, but never displaying it.
KCSD detectives and Kosciusko County Prosecutor Dan Hampton are currently working with Michigan and federal officials to also place additional charges for the robbery of the Leesburg branch of the Farmers State Bank July 12. FBI agents are currently seeking an indictment on federal charges, at which point Love will be transferred into federal custody in Grand Rapids, Mich.[[In-content Ad]]
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