CLACKAMAS, OR (KPTV) -
Police and federal agents are asking for help to find a violent robber who's struck banks in Eugene and Clackamas.
Authorities say the man comes in waving a gun and then orders people to the floor and one person to fill a bag with money.
No one has been injured yet, but officers say his terrorizing technique is more dangerous than the usual bank robbery. They warn his violent takeover style presents an "imminent danger" to the community.
"It was extremely violent and extremely traumatic," said Clackamas Sheriff's Detective Dan Kraus. "There was also, if it's possible, a higher degree of control exerted over the occupants of the bank during the course of the robbery."
In Clackamas, surveillance cameras show the robber waving two revolvers with the hammers cocked.
He ordered everyone to the floor while one woman was told to fill a sack with cash and stuff it in the robber's backpack.
At each robbery, police say, the man comes and goes on a bicycle then leaves it a few blocks away for a getaway car.
He first did that in Eugene.
"He took over the entire bank," Police Detective Jeff Donaca said. "All the tellers, the other employees that were there, he ordered them onto the ground. He went through all the tellers. When a patron came into the bank, he also put the patron on the ground."
Police in Eugene and Clackamas deputies say such takeover robberies are rare and more dangerous than the "pass a quick note to the teller" type.
Authorities describe the suspect as white, 5'8" to 6' feet tall with a medium to heavy build. He was seen wearing blue coverall pants and coat and a black mask and gloves.
Most bank robberies are prosecuted in federal court and the FBI is eager to bring this suspect to justice.
"I can guarantee that somebody somewhere is familiar with these bicycles," said FBI Agent Glen Norling. "Someone wonders perhaps where they got to, which is why we're showing them to you today. Maybe someone can recognize some of the mannerisms of the subject there."
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