Robbery Suspect Seized in Chicago Television Station

CHICAGO — Police searching the building housing television station WLS cornered an armed robbery suspect in a closet early today, two days after the man took refuge in the building and disrupted the station’s broadcast schedule.

John Fidel Kane, 28, was found hiding in a seventh-floor closet about 1:30 a.m., Police Lt. Frank Kehoe said. He said that Kane surrendered without a struggle and that police found a gun and some money with him.

Kane and his brother, James Kane, 31, allegedly robbed a pizzeria of about $6,200 Saturday morning and fled the scene in a car, Police Capt. Robert Sheehan said.

The car was pulled over by an officer a short time later, and James Kane was taken into custody, but John ran and headed for the building where WLS is located, apparently slipping in through an opened garage door, Sheehan said.