A man with a lengthy criminal record including manslaughter is accused of robbing a bank in Little Canada at gunpoint last week.
Albert Leroy Burley Jr. was arrested after investigators with the Ramsey County sheriff’s office used images of the gunman pulled from neighboring businesses security systems in addition to detailed descriptions of his getaway vehicle to track him down, according to the criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court Monday.
Burley, 54, is charged with one count of first-degree aggravated robbery.
He walked into a US Bank branch located on the 2800 block of Rice Street in Little Canada last Tuesday armed with a gun, the complaint said.
He made off with nearly $7,000 after displaying the firearm, authorities say.
The Ramsey County Special Investigations Unit located a vehicle that matched the description of the getaway vehicle the following day and got the license plate.
They used it to track down Burley and his wife’s residence in Little Canada, and executed a search warrant there last week, legal documents say.
Burley’s wife was shown images captured of the robbery and confirmed that the vehicle spotted in the footage was her’s and that the person shown getting out of it was Burley, the complaint said.
She declined to provide further details.
Burley reportedly declined to give a statement to investigators.
His criminal history includes a 1985 conviction for manslaughter with the use of a handgun, a 1987 conviction for possession of heroin with intent to distribute, and four counts of robbery in the 1990s. All of the convictions are out of Maryland.
He has no criminal history in Minnesota.
Burley is scheduled to make his first court appearance in Ramsey County Monday afternoon.
No attorney was listed for him in court records.