Minn. casino tips authorities to robbery suspect

A St. Cloud bank robbery suspect is in custody, thanks to a Minnesota casino.

Officials at Mystic Lake Casino tipped Prior Lake police that they suspected a person at the casino had money taken in a bank robbery.

St. Cloud police say the 22-year-old man eventually acknowledged committing the robbery.

Authorities searched the man's vehicle and apartment and say they found a gun and a large part of the money taken in Wednesday's holdup at a TCF Bank in St. Cloud.

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The man is in jail and was expected to appear in federal court Tuesday.

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Information from: St. Cloud Times

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