FBI looking for a serial bank robber
By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published August 28, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
The FBI is searching for a robber who has targeted four banks and a credit union this month in the metro area.
The bandit last struck Tuesday at the Premier Members Credit Union in the 600 block of East 120th Avenue in Northglenn, according to the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force.
FBI agents said the robber appears to be a white man, between 45 and 55 years old. He is about 5-foot-8 with an average build. He also may be wearing a dark-colored wig, sunglasses and a baseball cap.
Witnesses have told authorities that the bandit enters the bank, approaches a teller and hands over a note demanding money. The robber then flees with the money. Witnesses have been unable to identify a getaway car.
The robber pulled off his first robbery Aug. 14 at a Wells Fargo bank in the 3900 block of Wadsworth Boulevard in Wheat Ridge.
The second occurred Aug. 18 at a Wells Fargo bank in the 1900 block of South Sheridan Boulevard in Denver.
On Saturday, the robber struck again, targeting the TCF Bank in the 7200 block of Federal Boulevard in Westminster.
Then on Monday, he robbed the First Bank in the 8200 block of South Holly Street in Centennial.
Anyone with information about the robber should contact the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171.
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