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The suspect involved in a standoff with police at a Minnesota Wells Fargo Thursday was already a suspect in an ongoing case involving felony charges but was released after only five days despite a hefty bail, according to court records.
Ray Reco McNeary, 35, was arrested following an hours-long hostage situation stemming from an attempted bank robbery at the St. Cloud branch of Wells Fargo. McNeary was charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping and second-degree assault.
However, McNeary was already the subject of a court case that started in early March.
St. Cloud Times
ST. CLOUD, Minn. A man who took five hostages at a Minnesota Wells Fargo bank on Thursday wasn t armed with a gun but held scissors to a person s neck, destroyed hostages phones and threw cash around the bank during a eight-hour standoff Thursday, according to police and court documents.
Ray Reco McNeary, 35, told both hostages and law enforcement he intended to kill the employees, according to court documents. He said he wanted to “go viral” and to be a “martyr and also threatened to kill himself or put law enforcement in a position to kill him.
The incident put a community on edge as FBI agents worked with local agencies to free the hostages, one of whom spent part of the standoff in hiding, communicating with law enforcement via cell phone, authorities say.
Hostages safe, suspect taken into custody after St. Cloud bank standoff
By FOX 9 Staff article
Members of the FBI appear to speak with the possible suspect in the hostage situation at the Wells Fargo in St. Cloud.
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police say all hostages are safe and a suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff came to an end Thursday night at a St. Cloud, Minnesota Wells Fargo bank branch. Peaceful resolution. The best possible outcome we could have had, said St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson.
FBI, police rush into St. Cloud bank to arrest standoff suspect after hostage escapes
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.
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