Ames robbery suspect may be involved in crimes in two other states

Police say a bank robbery suspect arrested while hiding behind a trash bin in Ames on Monday may be the same man who held up a series of banks across Iowa and in two other states. Sioux City Police Captain Pete Groetkin says the Ames arrest is a real breakthrough.Authorities say 44-year-old John Pederson of Wayzata, Minnesota, fits the description of suspects in several recent robberies in Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska. Groetkin can’t yet say case-closed though, as he says they may send some officers to Ames to do some follow up on the case.Pederson is suspected in recent holdups in Ankeny, Ames, Des Moines, Sioux City and Cedar Rapids in Iowa; South Sioux City, Nebraska; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.