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Police: Backpack Bandit Robbed Bank Twice
Nearly One Year Separates Two Robberies
POSTED: 1:39 pm PDT July 23,
2008
UPDATED: 7:07 am PDT July 24,
2008
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Police identified the man who robbed a bank Tuesday as being the same person who robbed the same bank nearly a year before.The two robberies were at the Bank of America branch at 805 Broadway St. in Vancouver.
Police: Backpack Bandit Robbed Bank TwiceThe man, who police are calling the Backpack Bandit, was wearing a Rocawear baseball cap in the Tuesday robbery and followed the same patterns of the previous crime.
He entered the bank wearing a backpack, presented a note demanding money and never displayed any weapon, police said.In the previous robbery, which happened on Aug. 20, 2007, the man was wearing a Boston Red Sox baseball hat. He was described as a white man between 25 and 27 years old, between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build and brown hair.Anyone with information about either of the robberies should call Detective Lawrence Zapata at 360-487-7420 or Detective Wally Stefan at 360-487-7425.Related: Police Seeking Vancouver Bank Robber Bank Of America Robbed In Vancouver
Police: Backpack Bandit Robbed Bank TwiceThe man, who police are calling the Backpack Bandit, was wearing a Rocawear baseball cap in the Tuesday robbery and followed the same patterns of the previous crime.|
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