BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – A Marshfield man has been charged as complicit in two Jackson County bank robberies five years ago. Alexander Pongratz, 24, was charged for conspiring. A Medford woman, charged with the hold-ups last week, reportedly fingered Pongratz, according to the new criminal complaint. The woman, Michaels Davis, said she picked Pongratz up prior to the robberies and that Pongratz chose the banks to rob. Asked about his possible role, Pongratz at first denied ever hearing about the robberies and never having known Davies, police said. Confronted with the video, he admitted it was him, according to the criminal complaint. A police check of phone records found text messages between the two discussing a robbery.
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