Downtown
Suspect Attempts Three Bank Robberies – One Successfully
Yesterday we posted about an attempted robbery. Late in the day yesterday we got an update, it wasn’t one attempted robbery but three.
Update from RPD:
Detectives believe the male in the attached photos – and the subject of today’s earlier advisory – attempted three separate bank robberies (one successfully) in Richmond today. Detectives are asking the public for information about his identity and whereabouts.
At approximately 12:03 p.m., officers were called to the SunTrust bank, located in the 400 block of East Grace Street, for the report of an attempted robbery. The suspect passed a note to a teller demanding cash. No weapon was displayed. He left the bank without receiving any cash and fled the area on foot.
At approximately 2:10 p.m., officers were called to the SunTrust bank, located in the 1800 block of West Broad Street, for the report of an attempted robbery. The same individual, this time wearing a lemon-lime-colored shirt, passed a note to a teller demanding cash. No weapon was displayed, no cash was received and the suspect left the area on foot.
Approximately 12 minutes later, the suspect handed a note to a teller demanding cash in the Wells Fargo bank, located in the 3500 block of West Broad Street. No weapon was displayed. During this attempt the suspect received cash from the teller and left the bank on foot.
The suspect was described in the first incident as a black male with a goatee who wore a plaid shirt, black trousers, white cotton gloves and a stocking cap under a khaki cap. He wore sunglasses and carried a green construction-type helmet. The photos below show the suspect in the plaid shirt from the earlier bank robbery attempt and the lemon-lime-colored shirt from the two later incidents.
Detectives ask anyone with any information about the identity of this suspect to call Fourth Precinct Detective P. Cho at (804) 646-2939 or Third Precinct Detective R. Nixon at (804) 646-1165 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or online at www.7801000.com. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones may also be used. All Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.
Original Post 8/22/18:
From RPD:
Richmond Police detectives need the public’s help to identify the male suspect in the photos who attempted to rob a bank this afternoon.
At approximately 12:03 p.m., officers were called to the SunTrust bank, located in the 400 block of East Grace Street, for the report of an attempted robbery. The male in the photos passed a note to a teller demanding cash. No weapon was displayed. A few moments later he left the bank without receiving any cash and fled the area on foot towards North Fourth Street. There were no injuries.
The suspect was described as a black male with a goatee who wore a plaid shirt, black trousers, white cotton gloves and a stocking cap under a khaki cap. He wore sunglasses and carried a green construction-type helmet.
Detectives ask anyone with any information about the identity of this suspect to call Fourth Precinct Detective P. Cho at (804) 646-2939 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or online at www.7801000.com. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones may also be used. All Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.
