Man Arrested in Connection With Elmhurst Bank Robbery

A man has been arrested in connection with an Elmhurst robbery in which $2,546 was stolen from a Bank of America, officials confirmed Monday.

Jamonte Levi, 21, of Bellwood had his initial appearance in front of a court in Chicago on Monday and was released on bond the same day. He allegedly walked into the Bank of America on 205 N. Addison Ave. in Elmhurst on Nov. 12, slipped a note to a teller and left with an envelope of money.

Levi walked into the bank around noon Nov. 12 in a gray hooded jacket, black and silver hat, black pants, thick black gloves and a black cloth covering the lower portion of his face, according to an affidavit recorded by FBI Special Agent Frank Jack Sodetz III.

Immediately, one of the tellers said he knew something was wrong by the way Levi was dressed too warmly for the weather.

Levi approached another teller, placed a typed note on the counter and said, “Give me $100,000, no dye packs, I will shoot.” The teller took out currency and put it in an envelope with a GPS tracking device. At this point, the teller who had noted Levi as suspicious assumed a robbery was taking place and notified the police.

By the time Elmhurst Police Department officers made it to the scene, the tracking device the teller had placed in Levi’s envelope was no longer providing a signal, according to the affidavit. They later found the device, burned, in Levi's car.

Officers found, chased and lost Levi several times before finding him in the backyard of someone’s home and arresting him. A pat-down revealed keys to a Dodge Charger they’d seen him near earlier in the search process.

“Everything you need is in the car,” Levi said, before Sodetz advised him to not make anymore comments before he had a lawyer.

Levi has been released on bond with a pending future court date.

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