“Grandad Bandit”—National Exposure for Suspect of 25 Bank Robberies in 13 States
| FBI Richmond August 02, 2010 |
Today the FBI is launching a 40+ state digital billboard campaign to strengthen law enforcement’s efforts to identify and locate the man dubbed the “Grandad Bandit.” The digital billboards will feature a photo, an FBI tip-line number, and will announce an increase in the reward.
Believed to have begun in December of 2008, with a Richmond, Virginia robbery, the unidentified white male has subsequently targeted banks in at least 12 other states. The subject enters the banks calmly, oftentimes patiently waiting for his turn in line, and then as he approaches the victim tellers he presents his demand note. Once his demands are met he retrieves the note and exits the banks quietly so as not to bring attention to the crime he had just committed.
Bank robberies currently being attributed to this individual:
| SunTrust Bank - 919 East Main Street, Richmond, VA | 12/19/2008 |
| Whitney National Bank - 50 North Royal Street, Mobile, AL | 1/16/2009 |
| Amegy Bank of Texas - 711 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX | 4/10/2009 |
| SunTrust Bank - 303 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA | 4/29/2009 |
| Valley Bank - 36 Church Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA | 5/29/2009 |
| Capital One Bank - 510 Park Street, Beaumont, TX | 6/22/2009 |
| Arvest Bank - 500 Broadway Street, Little Rock, AR | 7/3/2009 |
| Wells Fargo - 2611 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX | 7/24/2009 |
| Bank of America - 100 North Broadway Street, Wichita, KS | 8/7/2009 |
| Servis 1st Bank - 324 Richard Arrington Jr., Blvd. North, Birmingham, AL | 8/21/2009 |
| Solvay Bank - 109 South Warren Street, Syracuse, NY | 9/22/2009 |
| SunTrust Bank - 1503 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA | 10/2/2009 |
| Bank of America - 3430 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL | 10/16/2009 |
| Regions Bank - 723 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith, AR | 12/10/2009 |
| Valley National Bank - 2020 East 21st Street, Tulsa, OK | 12/11/2009 |
| RBC Bank - 2743 Chastain Meadows Parkway NW, Marietta, GA | 12/18/2009 |
| Regions Bank - 1875 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS | 1/20/2010 |
| First Bank - 625 Market Street, Knoxville, TN | 2/11/2010 |
| BBVA Compass Bank - 114 Governor’s Drive SE, Huntsville, AL | 2/24/2010 |
| Bank of America - 1280 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA | 4/2/2010 |
| Hancock Bank - 2110 Demetropolis Road, Mobile, AL | 4/16/2010 |
| PNC Bank - 286 East New Circle Road, Lexington, KY | 4/28/2010 |
| Regions Bank - 5600 South Lindbergh Street, St. Louis, MO | 5/18/2010 |
| Union First Market - 11263 West Broad Street, Glen Allen, VA | 6/22/2010 |
| Wachovia Bank - 6801 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX | 7/3/2010 |
This case has garnered media attention in many states and has been aired on America’s Most Wanted. Increasing media exposure of this case by employing the new Digital Billboard Alert Network, a partnership with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America; conducting interviews with local and national news agencies, and increasing the reward to $25,000 should generate positive leads that will help law enforcement identify and/or locate this subject.
The “Grandad Bandit” is described as follows:
Race/Gender: White male
Age: between 45-60 years of age
Build: Stocky
Height: 6’-6’3”
Hair: Balding with short grayish hair on the sides
Misc.: Wears wire-rimmed glasses, polo-type shirts and ball caps; clean shaven
The link to the FBI’s wanted poster is: Grandad Bandit.