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FBI And Cottonwood Heights Police Request Public’s Help in Locating Second “Jaguar Bank Robber”

FBI Salt Lake City November 02, 2009
  • FBI Salt Lake City Press Office

Special Agent in Charge, Timothy J. Fuhrman of the FBI Salt Lake City FBI Field Office, and Chief Robby Russo of the Cottonwood Heights Police Department are requesting the public’s help in locating a second subject involved in a bank robbery. The subject is 31-year old Alejandro Torres, a.k.a. “Casper” (DOB 1/15/78).

Torres has been at large since the September 30, 2009 robbery of the Mountain America Credit Union at 6440 South 3000 East in Cottonwood Heights. FBI special agents and detectives of the Cottonwood Heights Police Department apprehended one subject, Jose Miguel Almarez, shortly after the robbery. Investigators believe Torres also took part in the robbery. Both Almarez and Torres have been indicted on federal charges for the robbery.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Utah, on September 30, 2009 the credit union was robbed by two males. The complaint states the robbers wore masks, brandished handguns, ordered everyone to the floor and demanded cash. Bank employees say the robbers drove away in a silver Jaguar.

Later that day, a citizen read about the crime on a local news website and remembered seeing someone in silver Jaguar throw a bag of clothing into a dumpster at an apartment complex in Murray. The citizen contacted law enforcement. Police found the clothing and it appeared to match the outfits worn by the robbers.

Officers with the Cottonwood Heights Police Department and special agents with the FBI were waiting by the apartment dumpster when a silver Jaguar pulled in. Jose Miguel Almarez was taken into custody as he left the vehicle. Almarez stated he lived nearby and consented to a search of his car and apartment. According to the complaint, a search of the apartment turned up two handguns that appear to match the description of the weapons used in the robbery. A large amount of cash was also recovered.

The FBI and CHPD remind the public not to approach Torres as he should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at (801) 579-1400.