Bank robber on a bicycle strikes again
Sep 14, 2012, 10:49 AM | Updated: 2:09 pm
This surveillance photo was taken during the robbery of Union Bank in Woodinville on June 26. (Images courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation)
(Images courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation)
The “Tour de Banks Robber” has struck again.
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, around 10:25 a.m., Mill Creek Police say an armed man robbed the Whidbey Island Bank at 1504 132nd Street SE. The masked man brandished a handgun, put stolen cash into his backpack, and then took off on a bicycle.
The FBI says this is the eighth time the man dubbed the “Tour de Banks Robber” has struck in King and Snohomish Counties over the past year.
“It’s kind of a take-over style bank robbery, and it’s not much of a jump until those situations become very dangerous,” says FBI Special Agent Fred Gutt.
The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest and CrimeStoppers added $1,000 to the reward. You can make a tip anonymously through CrimeStoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
