Man faces new robbery charges

The man charged in the September robbery of Glacier Bank in Lakeside now is facing charges in two earlier robberies in Flathead County.

According to amended charges filed Thursday in Flathead District Court, Steven Dee Norred, 55, Bigfork, now is charged with felony counts of robbery in the Sept. 24, 2010 robbery of First Interstate Bank in Bigfork and the Nov. 10, 2010, robbery of Glacier Bank in Lakeside.

Norred was arrested after the Lakeside bank was robbed Sept. 28 by a man wearing a motorcycle helmet who displayed a gun, received more than $14,000 from tellers and fled on a motorcycle.

A customer followed the motorcycle into the woods before losing track of it, then reported the license plate number of a truck that drove back past him going the other direction. The truck was determined to belong to Norred’s mother, who had bought it for him.

When arrested, Norred was found in possession of a $20 bill with the same serial number as the bills stolen from the bank. A handgun, a stack of cash wrapped in a rubber band and a bag containing several bundles of cash were located in the truck.

If convicted of all three charges, Norred faces between six and 120 years in prison and a fine of up to $150,000.

Norred also is a suspect in the September 2009 robbery of Muralt’s Truck Stop in Missoula, the April 2011 robbery of First Valley Bank in Seeley Lake, and the May 2011 robbery of Bitterroot Valley Bank in St. Regis.