Summary:
A suspect in a deadly bank robbery has been charged with a federal firearms offense, authorities said.

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Two bank employees were killed and a third was critically injured during a bank robbery in Illinois, and authorities said a suspect was charged Friday -- with a federal firearms offense. Authorities would say only that the Thursday afternoon holdup of the First National Bank was still under investigation a day later. But a suspect, identified by the Department of Justice as James N. Watts, was taken into custody following a high-speed chase after the robbery, and he was charged with a federal offense for possession of a firearm. According to the Illinois sex offender registry, Watts was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of an 11-year-old in 2006 and is a registered sex offender in the state, which could prohibit his possession of a firearm. Watts was arrested after abandoning a car during the chase, then being surrounded by police while he was on a railroad trestle, local authorities said. The car he was driving belonged to one of the bank employees, authorities said, adding that he was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. The injured bank worker remained in critical condition Friday with knife wounds, according to Illinois state police.