FAKE PLATES LEAD TO CHARGES IN HALLOWEEN BANK ROBBERY
Skye Perk, 30, is charged with robbing an Orland Park Fifth Third Bank branch on Halloween after he was arrested for driving with false license plates Thursday in south suburban Flossmoor.
Perk entered the bank at 15330 Harlem Ave. about 10: 30 a. m. Oct. 31 wearing “a mask that appears to be an older white male,” a black puffy jacket with a “First Down” logo on the left side of the chest, a scarf, light pants, light hat and sunglasses, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in U. S. District Court.
He walked up to a teller, tossed a note onto the counter to demand money and did not speak, prosecutors said. The teller handed over $ 545 in cash, and Perk ran out, according to the criminal complaint.
Perk was arrested in Flossmoor for a traffic violation Thursday when an officer noticed that the 2006 Ford Taurus he was driving had a rear license plate registered to aMitsubishi and a front license plate registered to a Chevrolet, prosecutors said. The plates had been attached over the Ford’s actual plates.
At the time of his arrest, Perk was wearing a jacket and other clothes similar to those worn during the bank robbery, according to prosecutors. When police searched the vehicle, they found a bag on the passenger- side floorboard containing “a realistic mask” identical to the one worn during the robbery