No suspects in Batavia bank robbery

A downtown Batavia bank was robbed Tuesday night, and police said Wednesday no suspect is in custody.

The Chase bank branch at Main Street and Batavia Avenue (Route 31) was held up around 5:53 p.m., according to Batavia police.

The robber announced the robbery but did not display a weapon, but implied he had one, according to FBI spokesman Ross Rice. The FBI is also investigating the case.

He left on foot, heading east on Main Street.

The suspect is a white man, age 20 to 25, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 1 inch, weighing 160 to 180 pounds. He was wearing a black stocking cap, a black insulated coat with a fur-fringed hood, dark pants and black gym shoes. He had a shirt pulled up over his face, Rice said.

The amount of cash taken is not known at this time, police and Rice said.

No one was injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call Batavia Detective Jason Kloese at (630) 454-2500, or the FBI at (312) 421-5700. You can also submit a tip through a form on bandittrackerchicago.com, a Web site operated by federal and local authorities.

Tuesday's was the 10th bank robbery in the Chicago area in 2010, according to the Web site. It is the first bank robbery in Batavia in almost seven years. The Harris Bank branch at Randall Road and Main Street was robbed in October 2003.

Last year, there were 190 bank robberies in the Chicago area.