Man Arrested After Bank Robbery In Cottage Grove: Police

Woodbury MN

01 December, 2021

1:15 PM

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COTTAGE GROVE, MN — A Cottage Grove man was arrested and booked into Washington County Jail on Tuesday after he was linked to an armed robbery at a bank in the city, police said. The Cottage Grove Police Department said it was called around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday to a Wells Fargo location on East Point Douglas Road after a man robbed the bank and fled with cash. Officers searched the area for about 20 minutes before finding a man who matched the suspect's description in the 9400 block of Jeffery Avenue, the department said. The man, a 43-year-old from Cottage Grove, was arrested and taken to Washington County Jail after being treated for minor injuries by paramedics, police said in a Facebook post. The Cottage Grove Police Department did not name the man in its post Tuesday night, as charges were still pending against him. He could face charges of second-degree aggravated battery, fleeing police and obstructing a legal process, according to Washington County Jail records. RECENT NEWS: Foo Fighters Scrap Twin Cities Show Over Venue's COVID-19 Policy10 Woodbury Schools On Weekly Coronavirus Outbreak List: MDHDelivery Driver Shot; Man Charged With Attempted MurderWoodbury Woman Killed Thursday In Cottage Grove Crash: Police