Crime & Safety
Man Robbed Eagan Bank, Fled In SUV: Police
Police say the Eagan branch of a credit union was robbed by a man carrying a handgun earlier this month.
EAGAN, MN — Authorities are accusing a Saint Paul man of robbing a bank in Eagan earlier this month. Damien James McDonald, 40, faces one count of armed bank robbery in connection with an incident in the Associated Healthcare Credit Union at 1460 Yankee Doodle Road.
According to a complaint and a law enforcement affidavit, on June 6 the Eagan branch of the credit union was robbed by an individual carrying a handgun. Surveillance videos capture the alleged bank robber stopping in front of the credit union in a Mazda CX-7 SUV then leaving in the same Mazda at the end of the robbery, police said.
Upon execution of a search warrant at McDonald's home later that day, authorities say they found clothing that matched the clothes worn by the robber and thousands of dollars in cash hidden in the residence.
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Additionally, cash that matched marked bills from the credit union were found on McDonald, police said.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI and Eagan Police Department.
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Read the entire criminal complaint below:
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