“Grandad Bandit” Calmly Continues Capers
Now Suspected in 26 Robberies in Multiple States

The Richmond Division of the FBI along with the Henrico County Police Department, Henrico, the City of Richmond Police Department, Richmond, and the City of Roanoke Police Department, Roanoke, request the public’s assistance in identifying the person dubbed the “Grandad Bandit,” who is a suspect in a series of bank robberies spanning multiple states.

Believed to have begun December 2008, an unidentified white male has committed a series of multi-state bank robberies that result in law enforcement agencies asking for the public’s assistance. The subject is calm, quietly presents demand notes to the tellers, and exits the bank in a manner as to not bring undue attention to himself or disrupt normal business activity.

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
Fifth Third Bank - US Highway 127, St. John’s, MI – 11/5/2009
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

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

America’s Most Wanted featured the Grandad Bandit on their website in November 2009 and outdoor digital billboard companies have featured this person in multiple states.

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward. The link to the FBI’s wanted poster is here: Grandad Bandit.

Anyone with information should call:

Henrico County Police Department’s Crime Stopper’s Tip Line - (804) 780-1000

City of Richmond Police Department’s Crime Stopper’s Tip Line – (804) 780-1000

City of Roanoke Police Department’s Crime Line – (540) 344-8500

Photos from Virginia Bank Robberies…

12/19/2008 – SunTrust Bank, Richmond, VA	5/29/2009 – Valley Bank, Roanoke, VA
5/29/2009 – Valley Bank, Roanoke, VA	6/22/2010 – Union First Market, Richmond, VA