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The Westminster, Louisville, Lafayette, and Northglenn Police Departments and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force are investigating the following bank robberies and ATM robbery believed to have been committed by the same individual.
Vectra Bank
3300 West 72nd Avenue
Westminster, Colorado
May 30, 2017, 10:43 a.m.
Bank of the West
865 (east) South Boulder Road
Louisville, Colorado
June 12, 2017, 10:00 a.m.
JP Morgan Chase ATM
10414 Town Center Drive
Westminster, Colorado
July 10, 2017, 11:03 a.m.
Great Western Bank
2695 North Park Drive
Lafayette, Colorado
July 10, 2017, 11:35 a.m.
Great Western Bank
2695 North Park Drive
Lafayette, Colorado
August 7, 2017, 9:48 a.m.
Bank of the West
865 (east) South Boulder Road
Louisville, Colorado
Oct. 21, 2017, 9:45 a.m.
Bank of the West
10393 North Huron Street
Northglenn, Colorado
Oct. 27, 2017, 9:26 a.m.
The suspect is described as a white male, late 30s to 50 years of age, approximately 6'0" to 6'3" in height, thin to medium build, balding and/or salt and pepper hair. The suspect was seen wearing a black hoodie, black mask or scarf, black gloves, blue jeans, dark sunglasses, and a blue or green backpack. The suspect may have tattoos on his arm.
During the robberies, the suspect demanded money from bank and ATM employees, received money, and fled the banks on a bicycle. There was no weapon seen and no one was injured.
Bank robbery is punishable by a 20-year prison sentence for each offense and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime.
The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.
If anyone has any information on the bank robberies above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171, Westminster Police Department at (303) 658-2400, Louisville Police Department at (303) 666-8634, or Lafayette Police Department at (303) 665-5571; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
