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Emmanuel Lewis Hart Complaint
Emmanuel Lewis Hart Complaint
Title18, United States Code, Section by intimidation, took from the person and
2113(a) presence of another any other thing of value
belonging to, and in the care, custody, control,
management, and possession of, any bank,
namely, First American Bank, located at 33 W.
Monroe, Chicago, Illinois
MICHAEL J. CK
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI)
Date: March2L.20L7
udge's signature
AT'FIDAVIT
that EMMANUEL LEWIS HART has violated Title 18, United States Code, Section
2113(a). Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of
establishing probable cause in support of a criminal complaint charging HART with
bank robbery, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this
investigation. I have set forth only the facts that I believe are necessary to establish
probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the offense alleged in the
complaint.
to me by other law enforcement agents, conversations I have had with others who
have knowledge of the events and circumstances described herein, interwiews of bank
employees and other witnesses, review of documents provided by bank personnel and
The Robbery
American Bank located at 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois (the "Bank"), was
robbed by an individual, later identified (as described below) as FIART. Based on the
Bank's records and a post-robbery audit of the teller drawers at the Bank, $4,3L8.00
Bank personnel, on or about March 20,20L7 , at approximately 2:06 p.m., a black male
with a beard (the "Robber") entered the Bank and approached a Bank Teller.
6. According to the Bank Teller, the Robber handed the Bank Teller a
folded note, which the Bank Teller opened. The note was left at the bank and
7. According to the Bank Teller, the following events then occurred. The
Robber told the Bank Teller, "Hurry up and hand me the money." The Bank Teller
collected money from the teller drawer, which included a hidden tracking device, and
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gave it to the Robber. The Robber took the money and fled the Bank, walking east
on Monroe Street.
Chicago Police Department ("CPD") and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI")
accessed tracking information for the hidden tracking device included in the U.S.
currency taken by the Robber. The location coordinates led law enforcement on a
path south from downtown Chicago to South Halsted Street, in between 64th and
65th streets.
1-0. CPD temporarily stopped a CTA bus because the tracking coordinates
and signal indicated that the tracking device was inside the bus. While CPD and FBI
searched for the tracking device inside the bus, they saw an individual matching the
physical description of the Robber. CPD and FBI noticed that the subject was
wearing a black watch with a silver inner ring on the face of the watch on his left
hand. This watch appeared similar to the watch worn by the Robber, captured in
surveillance footage from the bank robbery, including the following still:
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11. CPD and FBI detained the individual, later identified as IIART, for
further investigation. For officer safety, law enforcement conducted a pat down of
HART. During the pat down, law enforcement discovered what appeared to be a
bulky object in IIART's front pant pocket, which, when removed, was a large amount
of U.S. currency, including the hidden tracking device taken by the Robber. TIART
L2. Law enforcement counted the U.S. cun'ency recovered from HART and
it totaled $+,3tS.00. During a review of the serial numbers of the U.S. currency, law
enforcement identified four "bait bills" taken during the robbery. Specifically, the
serial numbers of those bait bills, provided by First American Bank to the FBI
following the robbery, matched four of the bills in HART's possession at the time he
was detained. According to Bank personnel, based on the Bank's records and a post-
robbery audit of the teller drawers at the Bank, $4,31"8.00 in U.S. currency was taken
13. CPD officers and FBI agents transported IIART back to the Bank for
possible identification. CPD officers and./or FBI agents asked the Bank Teller to look
at the individual in their custody. The Bank Teller stated that the individual
matched the height and build of the Robber. The Bank Teller stated he/she was 85Vo
photographs of the bank robbery. In the photographs, the individual was wearing
dark clothing, a dark hat, dark glasses, and black shoes with a distinctive arch in the
mid-sole. When apprehended, TIART was wearing similar looking pants, shoes, and
the watch described above.l Based on all the features I observed in the photographs
and observed seeing HART in person, the person in the photographs appears to be
the same EMMANUEL LEWIS HART that was identified on the CTA bus, and taken
to the Bank for identification. The following still is included as one example:
1The Robber was wearing a black jacket as shown in the surveillance photos. When HART
was apprehended, he was wearing a gray zip-up sweater and no winter jacket.
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criminal history includes, but is not limited to, a July 1999 conviction for three bank
conviction for escape from a confinement facility, a November 2007 conviction for
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2013 conviction for escape from a confinement facility, for which he was sentenced
16. According to personnel from the Bank, the deposits of the Bank were
CONCLUSTON
probable cause to believe that the robbery of the First American Bank located at 33
West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, in violation of Title 18, United States Code,
MICIIAEL J. LOVERNICK
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of
Investigation