Secret Shopper Bandit Press Release

Webp 6edited

Secret Shopper Bandit Press Release

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Jan. 11, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

Secret Shopper Bandit Press Release

The Lakewood Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force are investigating the following robberies of numerous King Soopers stores:

* King Soopers

1545 South Kipling St.

Lakewood, Colorado

07/18/17, 6:05 p.m.

* King Soopers

1927 South Wadsworth

Lakewood, Colorado

11/05/17, 5:43 p.m.

* King Soopers

1927 South Wadsworth

Lakewood, Colorado

07/21/17, 7:10 p.m.

* King Soopers

1545 South Kipling

Lakewood, Colorado

12/16/17, 4:31 p.m.

* King Soopers

1927 South Wadsworth

Lakewood, Colorado

09/05/17, 7:40 p.m.

* King Soopers

1927 South Wadsworth

Lakewood, Colorado

12/29/17, 5:03 p.m.

* King Soopers

1927 South Wadsworth

Lakewood, Colorado

10/25/17, 7:21 p.m.

* King Soopers

9820 West Belleview Ave.

Littleton, Colorado

01/07/18, 4:50 p.m.

The suspect, who has been dubbed the "Secret Shopper Bandit", will approach the service desk and wait for the cashier to be alone. Once he has approached the cashier, he passes the cashier a bag with a note demanding money. To date the suspect has not displayed any weapons.

The suspect is described as a white male, 25 to 35 years of age, approximately 6' tall, with a medium build, and facial hair.

If anyone has any information regarding the business robberies above, or any bank or business robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to five thousand dollars ($3,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

More News