Dec 7, 2022 | By: Justin Othoudt
Suspect in Armed Robbery of Bemidji Bank Located and Arrested

Jesse Robert Knight (Photo Credit: Beltrami County Jail)
Updated: 12-7-22 at 6:17 pm
The Bemidji Police Department reported on Wednesday, December 7th that a suspect in a Bemidji bank robbery had been located and taken into custody.
Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin tells Lakeland News that Jesse Robert Knight, 43, has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery at Wells Fargo Bank in Bemidji on December 6th.
Knight was booked on December 6th at 11:59 p.m. on suspicion of felony 2nd Degree Aggravated Robbery and felony Financial Transaction Card Fraud.
According to a press release, at approximately 12:24 p.m. on Tuesday law enforcement received word of an armed robbery at a Wells Fargo Bank in Bemidji. A caller reported that the suspect had left the scene on foot.
Officials described the suspect as a Caucasian male wearing a blue and black FEDEX jacket and black hooded sweatshirt. An eyewitness stated the suspect got into a charcoal grey colored Chevy Equinox with the Minnesota license plate JMP557. The vehicle also reportedly had a bumper sticker which read, “STAY HUMBLE AND KIND.”
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