County Drops Charges Against Alleged 'Man in Black'
The federal government will pursue the case against Mark Edward Wetsch.
With federal charges proceeding against the suspected “Man in Black,” Nobles County has dismissed state charges against the man accused of robbing banks across the Twin Cities. Nobles County Attorney Gordon Moore told Patch on Monday that he has dismissed charges against 49-year-old Mark Edward Wetsch of Minneapolis. County prosecutors charged Wetsch with aggravated robbery, terroristic threats and theft following a Jan. 3 robbery at Rolling Hills Bank in Brewster, Minn. Wetsch admitted to the Brewster robbery and unspecified other robberies, according to court documents. The FBI announced the day after the robbery that it was investigating whether he was the “Man in Black,” thought to have hit numerous banks in the Twin Cities. On …
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