Bank Robbery Suspect Charged

US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a suspect has been charged by complaint in U.S. District Court for robbing the First Bank and Trust in Toronto, South Dakota on January 2, 2013.

Nathan Michael Reisetter, age 38, of White, South Dakota made his first court appearance before US Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes on January 23, 2013. The maximum penalty upon conviction for bank robbery is 20 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine, plus restitution. The charge is merely an accusation and Reisetter is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Investigation indicates that a man entered the First Bank and Trust at about 3:45 p.m. on January 2, 2013, carrying a large handgun and two garbage bags and wearing a black snowmobile helmet liner or mask over his head and face. The man gave a garbage bag to a teller and told her to fill it up with money from the vault. The man forced two tellers to a back room of the bank and told them to stay there until they counted to one hundred.

As soon as they heard the bank’s door close, the tellers went to the bank’s windows and saw the robber drive away in a red SUV that one of the tellers had noticed park across the street just before the robbery. Footprints and tire tread prints in the snow found around the parking spot were photographed and a plaster cast was made of the tire tread prints.

Investigation led law enforcement to Reisetter’s vehicle, which is a red SUV and has tires that matched the tire tread prints made in the snow outside the bank.

On January 22, law enforcement interviewed Reisetter. He admitted robbing the bank and disclosed that evidence of the crime and some of the stolen money were at his home. Police searched Reisetter’s home and seized cash, guns, and the clothing worn by Reisetter the day he robbed the bank.

The investigation is being conducted by the Deuel County Sheriff’s Office, the SD Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant US Attorney John E. Haak is prosecuting the case.

Reisetter was remanded to the custody of the US Marshal. A trial date has not yet been set.