Robbery of Home Federal Bank Branch in Knoxville
| FBI Knoxville July 30, 2013 |
The Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Chief David Rausch of the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the man who robbed the Home Federal Bank today in Knoxville.
At approximately 2:50 p.m. on July 30, 2013, a man entered the Home Federal Bank branch at 1700 Downtown West Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee. The subject passed a demand note to a bank teller, which stated that he was armed. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money from the bank, the subject fled the bank on foot in the direction of Kingston Pike.
The subject is described as:
- Black Male
- Age: approximately early 30s
- Weight: 200+ pounds
- Height: 5’11” to 6’01”
- Stocky build
- Facial hair
- Wearing a white polo-style shirt with a dark t-shirt underneath and sunglasses.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Knoxville FBI at 865-544-0751 or the KPD at 865-215-7212. A reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of this individual.
This matter is being investigated jointly by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF), composed of the FBI, KPD, and KCSO, and the KPD Major Crimes Unit.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.