Fbi Seeks Help Finding Bank Robber

Thu., Dec. 3, 1998

From Staff Reports

The FBI needs help finding a man suspected of holding up four banks in Spokane and North Idaho earlier this year.

Agents released a surveillance camera photograph of the man Wednesday, hoping someone might recognize him.

The bandit is suspected of robbing three Wells Fargo branches and one Washington Trust branch between Jan. 14 and April 29.

In each case, he claimed to have a pistol but never showed it, police said.

The man is white, in his late 20s or early 30s, about 6 feet tall, 200 pounds. He may drive a small white pickup, like a Ford Ranger, and wear a badly scratched silver wedding band.

Anyone with information on the bandit is asked to call Crime Check at 456-2233. Wells Fargo is offering a reward for information..

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