U.S. Department of Justice

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Deborah McCarley 602-650-3201

May 5, 2006

FBI SEEKS SERIAL BANK ROBBER

Acting Special Agent in Charge, Keith Bennett, announced today, May 5, 2006, that the FBI is seeking the public’s assistance to identify a serial bank robber.

This unidentified male committed three bank robberies during the month of April and one on May 2, 2006. The first occurred on April 17, 2006, approximately 4:15 p.m. at a bank in the 3500 block of West Glendale Road, Phoenix, Arizona. The second occurred on April 18, 2006, approximately 1:15 p.m., at a bank in the 5400 block of West Indian School Road, Phoenix, Arizona. The third occurred on April 24, 2006, approximately 11:00 a.m., at a bank in the 7300 block of North 35 th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. The last occurred on May 2, 2006, approximately 2:10 p.m., at a bank in the 7000 block of North 7 th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.

The robber verbally demands money form bank tellers while displaying a weapon which he carries in a CD case. The robber has displayed a chrome revolver during some of the robberies and a black semi automatic pistol in other robberies. Though he is typically observed fleeing the scene on foot, he was observed leaving the scene on a bicycle after the April 17, 2006 robbery.

The robber is described as a white male, approximately 25 to 30 years of age, 5’7” in height and weighing approximately 140lbs. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a mustache with goatee and has crooked teeth.