ANCHORAGE, Alaska—FBI agents and police are searching for a “serial bank robber” who has robbed three local credit union branches in the past month, Alaska Public Media reported.
The man “should be considered armed and dangerous,” the FBI said in a statement.
“We want to take every precaution when it comes to public safety,” FBI spokeswoman Chloe Martin said.
The FBI said the string of robberies began Sept. 23 at a Credit Union 1 branch on Eureka Street. The FBI said the suspect then robbed a Global Credit Union branch on Oct. 7. On Wednesday, the agency said, the suspect robbed another Global CU branch, in the Fred Meyer grocery store off Abbott Road. All three robberies happened in the late morning or early afternoon, Alaska Public Media said.
Same Tactics
Martin said the man used the same methods to obtain money.
“We’re seeing that this individual allegedly presented a note demanding money to a bank employee, and in that process, he also stated that he had a weapon,” Martin said.
In surveillance video, the man is wearing different pieces of apparel and outerwear in all three robberies. He was also seen leaving each robbery by different methods, riding a bicycle away from the Credit Union 1 robbery and walking north toward Abbott on Wednesday. In the Oct. 7 robbery, Martin said, he drove away in a stolen vehicle that was later recovered by police. The suspect is described as standing about five-feet-five inches tall with black hair and brown eyes, and weighing about 155 pounds, Alaska Public Media said.