Police identify suspect in 1st Source Bank robbery

ELKHART, Ind. - Police identified the suspect in a Tuesday afternoon robbery at a 1st Source Bank in Elkhart as 31-year-old Markeese Dashon Hunter.

He was booked into the Elkhart County Jail for robbery.

Elkhart Police were notified of the Franklin Street robbery at 9:06 a.m. Responding officers apprehended Hunter at 9:12 a.m.

A warrant was issued for Hunter on Monday for an incident that took place last year in the Elkhart County Correctional Facility’s medical ward.

On March 3, 2023, Hunter allegedly used a metal rod from his wheelchair to stab another inmate in the head and neck, leaving a quarter-inch laceration and four-inch abrasion on the victim’s head.