A Hamburg man is in jail on bank robbery charges following a late afternoon incident in Forest Lake on Thursday, according to Chief of Police Clark Quiring. Police arrested Thomas Daniel Trammel Jr., 28, after a high speed chase on I-35 north to Harris where Trammelís Ford Explorer went off the road, the chief said. The chase began shortly after 4:17 p.m. on Thursday when police were called to a bank robbery at US Bank, 320 W. Broadway Ave. Quiring said a single male entered the bank, handed a note to an employee, demanded money and showed a gun.

The chief said the bank employee complied and the subject left the office with an undisclosed amount of money. A witness reported seeing the robber leaving the scene in a white Ford Explorer. I-35 in both directions was closed at the Harris exit when the suspect was at first thought to have a hostage. The man surrendered after lengthy negotiations, but had no hostage, Quiring said. Trammel was taken to the Washington County Jail in Stillwater where he is being held for first degree aggravated robbery.

Along with officers from Forest Lake, agencies involved in the apprehension were the Minnesota State Patrol, deputies from the Chisago and Washington County and the FBI.

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