“3-2-1 Bandits” Suspected in Bank of the West Robbery
| FBI Denver December 15, 2010 |
The Aurora Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force (RMSSTF) are investigating a bank robbery.
The robbery occurred at:
Bank of the West
1389 South Havana Street
Aurora, Colorado
12/13/2010, 5:40 p.m.
The suspects are described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5’8” in height, with a thin build; and a Hispanic female, approximately 5’2” to 5’3” tall, with a heavy build.
The two suspects were both armed with handguns.
The RMSSTF have dubbed these suspects the “3-2-1 Bandits.”
The suspects demanded money and fled the bank.
Bank robbery is punishable by a 20-year prison sentence for each offense and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime.
The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.
If anyone has any information on the bank robbery above, or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).