The first attempted robbery happened on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Huntington Bank on Irving Park Road in Dunning, the FBI said.
The next morning, around 11:45 a.m. he reportedly tried to rob the Associated Bank on Howard Street in Rogers Park.
The FBI released photos of the man. On Friday, he was wearing a red checkered button down, sunglasses, and a blue bucket hat.
The man walked into the banks, demanded money, then walked out, the FBI said.
No one was injured in either incident.
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