FBI and San Diego Police Department Seek Public’s Assistance to Identify the Hills Bandit Bank Robber
On Monday, September 8, 2014, the Hills Bandit attempted to rob a Union Bank branch located at 7807 Girard Avenue in San Diego, California. This attempted robbery was the eighth robbery linked to the Hills Bandit since May 2014. Later that afternoon, he robbed his ninth bank, a Wells Fargo branch located in Laguna Niguel, California.
During September 8’s bank robbery and attempted robbery, the Hills Bandit passed a note demanding cash and threatened with a weapon; no weapon was displayed. No one was injured during either of the robberies.
The Hills Bandit is described as a white male between the ages of 40 and 50 years. In each of the nine robberies, he wore a baseball cap and glasses. In both robberies on September 8, he wore a red Anaheim Angels baseball cap.
The FBI is working jointly with multiple law enforcement partners in both the San Diego and Los Angeles regions to investigate this serial robber. In San Diego, the FBI is working with the Carlsbad Police Department and the San Diego Police Department. FBI Los Angeles is working with the Orange County Bank Robbery Apprehension Team (BRAT) on their investigations.
The following is a complete list of banks where the Hills Bandit has committed robberies or attempted robberies in San Diego and Orange Counties.
| September 8, 2014 | U.S. Bank | Laguna Niguel |
| September 8, 2014 | Union Bank | La Jolla (attempt) |
| August 25, 2014 | Cal Bank & Trust | San Diego |
| August 22, 2014 | Wells Fargo | Laguna Niguel |
| August 8, 2014 | U.S. Bank | Laguna Hills |
| August 5, 2014 | U.S. Bank | Carlsbad |
| July 25, 2014 | Citibank | Lake Forest |
| July 16, 2014 | Citibank | Laguna Hills |
| May 6, 2014 | Wells Fargo | Laguna Hills |
Bank surveillance photographs from the Union Bank, located at 7807 Girard Avenue, San Diego, California on Monday, September 8, 2014:
To view more photos of the Hills Bandit visit https://bankrobbers.fbi.gov.
Anyone with information concerning this robbery is asked to contact FBI San Diego at telephone number (858) 320-1800, FBI Los Angeles at (310) 477-6565, or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
