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Suspect, 73, arrested in Illinois bank robbery

(MCT) — CHICAGO — A 73-year-old man claiming to have only six months to live during a bank robbery on Saturday in Niles, Ill., appeared in federal court Monday after being arrested over the weekend, according to FBI and federal prosecutors.

Walter Unbehaun of Rock Hill, N.C., who previously was convicted of a 1998 bank robbery, was arrested Sunday outside of a hotel in North Chicago by FBI investigators and detectives from the Niles Police Department, according to officials.

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