The “Shaggy Bandit” and Accomplice Apprehended in Boulder County

Today at approximately 1:45 p.m., an observant bank employee at the FIRST TIER BANK, located at 2120 Broadway in Boulder, CO, saw a male matching the description of the “Shaggy Bandit” enter the bank. This male left the bank without incident. The employee called 911 and gave dispatchers with the Boulder Police Department a detailed description of the suspect and his clothing. The bank employee was unable to provide information about a getaway vehicle. The information was aired over police radios. A short while later, an officer with the Boulder Police Department who was on routine patrol along the Diagonal Highway noticed an older-model red Bronco traveling on the Diagonal Highway toward Longmont. The officer recognized that the vehicle matched a description provided in a Law Enforcement Intelligence Bulletin previously issued by the RMSSTF on the Shaggy Bandit. This officer was unable to stop the vehicle immediately because he was headed in the opposite direction on the highway.

Subsequent investigation revealed that the passenger in the Bronco matched the physical description of the bank robbery suspect dubbed the Shaggy Bandit, including clothing, hat, sunglasses and a backpack that were observed in his possession. He was identified as Michael A. Kincade, 29 years of age of Colorado. Mr. Kincade will held in Denver County jail on robbery charges. The driver of the Bronco was identified as Christopher L. Richardson of Colorado, 45 years of age, the driver of the Bronco is also being held in the Denver County jail on robbery charges.

The serial bank robber dubbed the Shaggy Bandit is believed responsible for not only 14 bank robberies in Colorado since June 24, 2009, but also three bank robberies in other states—one each in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona; and, Hutchinson, Kansas.

Charges are only allegations, and individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.