Aurora Man Suspected Of Robbing His 17th Bank

By Anna Deem in News on Nov 7, 2009 7:30PM

Daniel Vincent, 28, Aurora, was accused on Friday of robbing a First Federal Bank in Lexington, Kentucky. Vincent previously served over five years in federal prison for admitting to robbing 16 banks. On Friday, Vincent led Kentucky police on a 25-mile chase after allegedly robbing a bank in Lexington, authorities reported. Vincent entered the First Federal Bank around 11:30 a.m., implied that he had a weapon, and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said.

Once they obtained a description of Vincent - a white man with a dark hooded sweatshirt - police discovered that "He may be on Interstate [Highway] 75, northbound, in an unknown vehicle," said Lexington Police Lt. Fred Lisanby to the Chicago Tribune. "We flooded the interstate with police units." The units chased after Vincent, who was driving a Mercedes sport-utility vehicle, and ended up driving through three counties before Vincent crashed his vehicle into a guardrail on Kentucky Route 62 in Harrison County, said Lisanby to the Tribune. Once out of the car, Vincent tried to run away through a nearby field before being apprehended by officers. No injuries were reported from the robbery or police chase.

Vincent's history of robbing banks also stems back to 2003, when he pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in the south suburb of Homewood a year earlier. At that time, he also admitted to robbing a total of 16 banks in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin and taking more than $53,000 from the banks.