A man free from prison for a 2013 Loop bank robbery held up another downtown bank on Wednesday with a note warning, “This is a Robbery! Don’t make it a murder” — almost identical to a note used in the previous heist, according to court records.
Jack V. Dudley, 61, was arrested by an off-duty Chicago police officer working as a security guard at a U.S. Bank branch at 25 E. Washington St. Wednesday morning.
The robber wrote a note on a sheet of white paper that read, “This is a robbery! Don’t make it a murder. Hundreds. Fifty. In Bag Pronto!” according to an affidavit filed in the case.
When arrested, Dudley had two U.S. Bureau of Prisons identification cards on him, according to the affidavit. He recently was released from prison after serving time for the robbery of an Amalgamated Bank branch, 1 W. Monroe St., on April 13, 2013.
In 2013, a teller gave FBI agents a note used in that robbery. It read in part, “This is a stick-up. Don’t make it a murder want hundreds fiftys red dye you die,” according to an affidavit filed in the 2013 case.
In the latest case, a Chicago police officer was working as a guard when Dudley entered the U.S. Bank branch at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
As the officer sat near near the counter in the lobby, he saw a man look in the window as he passed the bank, then turn around and go into the bank, according to the affidavit in this week’s case.
The man walked up to a teller and slid a note to the teller without saying anything.
The paper had another note on the reverse side reading, “Don’t make it a murder. $1,00.00. $50,00. In bag. Thank you!” according to the affidavit.
The teller opened a drawer and handed the man $20 and $10 bills, drawing the response from the robber, “Where are the hundreds?” The teller didn’t respond and the robber walked away.
The guard saw the robber leave and went over to the teller, who told the off-duty officer that the bank had been robbed, according to the affidavit.
The guard went into the vestibule and confronted the robber. Identifying himself as a police officer, he grabbed the robber and handcuffed him, according to the affidavit.
During the arrest, a brown Dunkin’ Donuts bag with cash in it fell to the floor.
The bag contained about $3,020, which an audit later showed was the amount stolen from the bank, according to the affidavit.
In 2013, Dudley was arrested when a Chicago police officer used a photo posted on the Tribune’s website to identify the man.
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Dudley, who also has been also known as Charles “Zodiac” Thompson, robbed the Amalgamated Bank of about $1,450.
At the time of his arrest the day of 2013 robbery, Dudley was found with a small amount of heroin in his shoe and was also charged with possession of a controlled substance. But the charge was later dropped, according to court records.
Dudley pleaded guilty to the Amalgamated bank robbery in 2014 and sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release, according to court records.
Information on when Dudley was released from prison was not immediately available.