Reward Offered for Information on Attempted Bank Burglary in South Dakota

Richard T. Thornton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis FBI Field Office, and Wells Fargo Bank are announcing that Wells Fargo Bank is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for original information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the attempted burglary of the Wells Fargo Bank branch located at BIA, Route 3, Crazy Horse Street, Lower Brule, South Dakota.

Bank employees reporting for work on the morning of March 29, 2011 reported that the bank branch had been broken into sometime between the time the branch closed the previous evening and the time that the employees arrived for work in the morning. No money was taken during the attempted burglary, but bank property was damaged. No bank surveillance camera pictures are available, and the individual or individuals responsible are still at large.

Anyone having information concerning the attempted burglary is asked to call the FBI Office in Pierre, South Dakota at 605/224-1331, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Lower Brule Agency, telephone 605/473-5224.