Man on probation for bank robbery charged with robbing another bank, this time in Roseville

Nick Ferraro, Pioneer Press
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A 58-year-old St. Paul man was charged Monday with robbing a bank in Roseville last year after his release from federal prison for bank robbery.

Authorities were able to tie Michael Dashon Wise to the robbery through DNA found on a demand note given to a teller and on a glove lost while fleeing the bank on March 8, 2021, according to a criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court.

An arrest warrant was issued Monday for Wise, who is charged with simple robbery.

According to the criminal complaint:

Two tellers at the U.S. Bank, 1101 Larpenteur Ave., told police a man wearing a disposable face mask and sunglasses approached the counter with a note that read, “No one will get hurt, just put the money on the counter 100’s 50’s 20’s and 10’s, no bait money no dye packs and don’t look up.”

When one teller handed over the $134 cash in her drawer, the robber said, “That’s it?” He then asked for money from the other teller and was given another $502.

In surveillance images, the suspect was wearing a black glove on his left hand and no glove on his right hand.

A witness told police the suspect jumped a fence behind a nearby apartment building. Along the fence line, police found a black glove that matched the one seen in surveillance images.

Another witness said a man matching the robber’s description had parked a red sedan, possibly a Hyundai, near the apartment building and walked toward a strip mall and U.S. Bank. The witness later saw the same man jump the fence and run toward the car.

Surveillance video captured the man running from the strip mall, jumping the fence and falling into snow.

Police sent the recovered black glove and the note to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for DNA processing. A DNA swab from the note and glove contained a mixture of DNA that matched the sample on file for Wise.

The physical description of the bank robber fits the physical traits on file for Wise, who at the time of the robbery owned a red Hyundai sedan.

In November 2016, Wise was indicted in federal court on two counts of armed robbery in connection with robbing the U.S. Bank on Silver Lake Road in St. Anthony of $3,690 in August 2015 and the Wells Fargo Bank on Central Avenue in Northeast Minneapolis of $5,640 less than a month later.

He pleaded guilty to one count and in May 2016 was sentenced to five years and four months in prison, and five years of supervised release. He was released from prison on June 10, 2020.

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