The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Arvada and Lakewood Police Departments Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber Dubbed the 'Pom Pom Bandit.'
The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Arvada and Lakewood Police Departments need your help identifying a bank robber dubbed the “Pom Pom Bandit." The banks where the robberies occurred are:
Chase Bank
8155 Sheridan Boulevard
Arvada, Colorado
Feb. 15, 2019, 4:20 p.m.
First Bank
3500 South Wadsworth Boulevard
Lakewood, Colorado
Feb. 19, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
First Bank
550 South Wadsworth Boulevard
Lakewood, Colorado
Feb. 22, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
The suspect is described as a white male, 20 to 30 years old, approximately 6’0" to 6’3" in height with reddish blond hair.
The suspect entered each bank and robbed them using a demand note, and fled on foot.
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)
