Police release photos of NW Indiana bank robbery suspect

Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspect in a northwest Indiana bank robbery Saturday morning.

The robbery happened at 11:37 a.m. at the First Midwest Bank branch at 10858 Pike Street in Winfield, Indiana, according to a statement from the Lake County sheriff’s office.

Authorities released photos Wednesday night of the man suspected in the robbery. He was seen driving a beige, four-door 1997-2004 Buick Century with white-wall tires and an Indiana license plate, the sheriff’s office said.

Anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (219) 660-0019 or Det. Michelle Dvorscak at (219) 755-3346.