Bank robber, 56, pepper sprays 2 employees, flees on ATV in N. Minnesota

March 17, 2018 at 1:50PM

A man held up a bank in northern Minnesota, pepper sprayed two employees and fled on an ATV on Wednesday, authorities said.

St. Louis County sheriff's deputies tracked down the 56-year-old suspect later Wednesday.

The robbery occurred about 11:40 a.m. at the American Bank in Orr, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Both employees hit with the pepper spray underwent decontamination at a hospital, the Sheriff's Office added.

A witness saw the man on his ATV just north of Orr and called 911. The suspect was arrested without incident. He has yet to be charged.

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