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Urbandale man accused in Madison County bank robbery charged

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April 10th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) – An Urbandale man accused of robbing a central Iowa bank at gunpoint has turned himself in to authorities. The Des Moines Register reports 35-year-old Hussam Fayiz Abusharkh turned himself in Thursday to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with first-degree robbery. Abusharkh could also face federal charges in the case. He is being held at the Madison County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Sheriff Jason Barnes says deputies were dispatched March 25th to Farmers and Merchants State Bank in St. Charles on a report of a man with a handgun ordering employees to fill a bag with money.