Skokie Teenager Dressed Up As A Woman To Rob A Bank, Police Said

By Anna Deem in News on Nov 15, 2009 6:45PM

Shane T. Collymore, 18, Skokie, was charged with three felony counts of armed robbery, three felony counts of aggravated unlawful restraint, and three felony counts of aggravated kidnapping in connection with robbery of MB Financial Bank, 1014 Busse Hwy. in Park Ridge, on Aug. 13, 2008. Police said that in the robbery, a man wearing a black-and-pink dress, white gloves, sandals, and a woman's sun hat walked into the bank at closing time and pulled out a black handgun from the purse he was carrying.

The suspect, who was identified by police as Collymore, then ordered a bank employee to place all the money from the safe into his purse, police said. Next he allegedly ordered two other employees at gunpoint into a restroom where he restrained them with strips of plastic before fleeing. Police said about $107,000 was taken during the robbery.

Collymore was already in custody on a drug conviction when he was charged in connection with the robbery, Park Ridge Police said. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Collymore is currently serving a four-year prison sentence for manufacturing ecstasy and possession of marijuana. He has been in custody since June. [Chicago Sun-Times]