BATAVIA – The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified and filed a criminal complaint Dec. 14 against an Indiana woman linked to a bank robbery two days earlier at the Old Second Bank in Batavia and captured in Yorkville.

The FBI said that Melissa Fitzgerald, 26, of Portage, Ind., had her first court appearance in federal court the morning of Dec. 14 and was ordered detained by the judge. She allegedly took about $3,417 in the robbery using intimidation with a bank teller, according to court documents provided by the FBI.

Batavia police officers responded to the bank at 1991 W. Wilson St. at 2:05 p.m Dec. 12 upon reports of a robbery, according to a Batavia Police Department news release, which noted no one was injured. Witnesses provided a description of the getaway vehicle and the direction it traveled. Batavia police located the vehicle, but cut off their pursuit in Aurora, with other agencies involved in the hunt at this point, according to police.

Yorkville police said they had received information at 2:25 p.m. that a vehicle that was involved in the bank robbery was traveling into city limits. Police said officers found the unoccupied vehicle in the Menards parking lot off Route 47. As officers were securing the area around the store, they saw two people who matched the description of the bank robbers and took them into custody. It is not known if the second subject is still in custody.

Officers then assisted in securing the store so that evidence could be located. Yorkville police and Kendall County sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene with a dozen squad cars and police K-9s. Menards, which had been closed for about two hours as police sought the suspects and collected evidence, was then reopened.

While in the Menards store, Fitzgerald purchased a jacket and left behind the coat she allegedly wore in the robbery, the court documents stated. She was spotted placing a purse allegedly containing the bulk of the stolen money into a trash can outside the store, according to the court documents.

In connection with the incident in Batavia, Batavia High School was put on soft lock down from about 2:08 to 2:28 p.m., according to Batavia School District 101 communications manager Sue Gillerlain. She said students were dismissed at the normal time.