The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber
The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department need your help identifying a bank robber. The banks where the robberies occurred are:
Wells Fargo Bank
1601 Blake Street
Denver, Colorado
Oct. 15, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
First Bank
1777 16th Street Mall
Denver, Colorado
Oct. 29, 2018, 10:00 a.m.
The Wells Fargo Bank was robbed by an Asian male, approximately 25 to 30 years old, 5’9" to 5’10", medium build, and spoke with an accent. The suspect was wearing black sunglasses with a gold rim, a black baseball hat with an “N" logo associated to “Nespresso"©, dark sunglasses, dark jacket, dark pants, gloves, and a black backpack.
The suspect approached the teller, demanded money, and fled on foot in a southwest direction toward Union Station.
First Bank was robbed by the same individual. During this robbery the suspect was wearing black sunglasses with a gold rim, a dark suit, white button down shirt, maroon tie, dark pants, and a black backpack.
The suspect approached the teller, demanded money, and fled the bank on foot in a northeast direction toward Union Station.
Please be on the lookout for anyone matching the suspect’s description. Be aware of anyone similar who might have recently changed their spending habits or discussed coming into money suddenly.
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 robbery above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; 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)
