ELKHART - An 18-year-old Leesburg resident is accused of having a role in a pair of armed robberies in Elkhart this month.
Charlene Bontrager, Leesburg, was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Elkhart County Jail for armed robbery and illegal possession of a police scanner. Her bond was set at $100,000.
Bontrager is suspected to have taken part in the March 15 armed robbery at KeyBank on Main Street, Elkhart, and the Tuesday robbery of Chase Bank, Old U.S. 20, Elkhart.Three minors also were arrested for their alleged connection to the robbery of KeyBank. A 15-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy face charges of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. Their names were not released.
The 16-year-old will be charged as an adult because a weapon was used in the crime.
On March 15, three people with two guns and a butcher knife entered KeyBank on Main Street in Elkhart and demanded money before leaving in a stolen car.
They later abandoned the car, leaving one of the weapons with it.
On Tuesday, three robbers carrying trash bags and hunting rifles entered Chase Bank on Old. U.S. 20 and demanded money.
Bontrager and four others have been arrested for their alleged participation in the Chase Bank robbery.
A 17-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys face adult charges in the case, and a 15-year-old boy will face juvenile charges.
The robberies remain under investigation by the Elkhart Police Department.
