Eden Prairie Man Indicted on Federal Bank Robbery Charge

 

    Minneapolis  -   A local man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for the September robbery of a Hopkins, Minnesota, bank.  Allan Robert Olson, age 41, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was charged with one count of bank robbery in connection to that crime.

        According to a criminal complaint filed in the case, Olson entered the Wells Fargo Bank in Hopkins on September 5, 2006, and presented a demand note to a teller.  The note read, “This is a withdrawal, I would like 100s, 50s, 20s, ETC.  THANK YOU.”  Olson added, “This is a stickup.”  The teller complied with Olson’s demand and handed over to him cash from her drawer.  Olson then allegedly fled the premises in a black pickup truck.  Shortly thereafter, law enforcement officers witnessed a pickup truck strike an unoccupied vehicle near the bank.  The pickup matched the description of the robbery getaway car.  When officers approached the truck, however, the driver allegedly fled on foot.  That individual was later identified as Allan Robert Olson.  

        If convicted, Olson faces a maximum potential penalty of twenty years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.  Any sentence will be determined by a judge.

        This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald.

                                                                                               

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An indictment is a determination by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that offenses have been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until he or she pleads guilty or is proven guilty at trial.