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(KNSI) – A 35-year-old Waite Park man has been charged with five counts of non-firearm kidnapping, one count of first-degree aggravated robbery and one count of second-degree assault for allegedly wielding a pair of scissors during a standoff with law enforcement at the Wells Fargo along 33rd Ave. South in St. Cloud.
Ray Reco McNeary is accused of holding five Wells Fargo employees hostage after attempting to rob the bank Thursday afternoon. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, responded to the scene. The event began shortly before 2 p.m., and authorities took McNeary into custody around 10:30 p.m.
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With pizza and patience, cops win 9-hour bank hostage standoff in St. Cloud The ordeal at Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud ended with all five hostages escaping serious injury and the suspect arrested. May 7, 2021 3:14pm Text size Copy shortlink:
ST. CLOUD – Roughly eight hours into a nine-hour standoff at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud on Thursday evening, crisis negotiators brought pizza to the bank s front doors.
Shortly after, the last of five hostages made a break for the door and rushed outside as officers entered the building and took the 35-year-old suspect into custody.
None of the captives all employees of the bank on St. Cloud s west side suffered life-threatening injuries, officials said. But the situation was fraught with threats from the suspect that escalated and waned during the afternoon and evening.
Suspect in St. Cloud bank standoff charged with kidnapping, robbery
Court documents say the five bank employees were pushed, threatened and told they would be killed during the long ordeal. Ray Reco McNeary is not accused of having a firearm, but is said to have threatened to stab one employee with scissors, according to the criminal complaint.
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A hostage leaves a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minn., on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. A 35-year-old St. Cloud man faces seven felony charges in connection with a nearly nine-hour standoff Thursday, May 6, at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minn., during which five bank employees were held against their will.
Man charged in Minnesota bank hostage case
This booking photo provided by Stearns County Sheriff s Office shows Ray McNeary on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Minn. Charges were filed Friday, May 7 against McNeary, accused of holding five employees hostage during a standoff at a Minnesota bank that lasted more than eight hours. (Stearns County Sheriff s Office via AP) May 07, 2021 - 3:07 PM
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Charges were filed Friday against a man accused of holding five employees hostage during a standoff at a Minnesota bank that lasted more than eight hours.
Ray R. McNeary, 35, was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, five counts of kidnapping and assault in Stearns County District Court, the Star Tribune reported. Judge Nathaniel Welte rescheduled his bail hearing from Friday to Monday after McNeary was âunco-operative and refused to appear for court,â the Stearns County Attorney s Office said. He will be held over the weekend.