Black Man in CTA employee uniform robs Homewood bank

A man dressed as a CTA worker robbed a bank in Homewood this morning, according to the FBI.

The man went up to a teller at the TCF Bank in a Jewel-Osco, 3153 W. 183rd St. in the south suburb, about 9:15 a.m. and gave a note to a teller announcing a bank robbery, said FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde. The robber implied he had a weapon, but did not display one, she said.

The man was given cash and fled.

The robber was was described as black, standing about 6-foot-1 to 6-foot-2, with brown eyes, and in his 20s. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a cold-weather CTA hat, a fluorescent yellow CTA safety vest, a CTA jacket and blue latex gloves, according to the FBI.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Chicago office of the FBI at 312-421-6700.