Crime & Safety

3 Law Enforcement Agencies Tag-Teaming Bank Robbery Probe

Novato police are working with sheriff's deputies and Twin Cities cops to track down the suspect in three bank robberies last week.

are working with two other law enforcement entities as they investigate a bank heist that took place March 28 in Ignacio.

Marin County Sheriff's Sgt. Mark Hale said Wednesday that Novato investigators are working with the sheriff's department and Twin Cities Police Authority to pursue a young man whose description matches that of a person who robbed the at Pacheco Plaza and then, two days later, a Citibank in Greenbrae and a Wells Fargo in the Strawberry shopping center near Mill Valley.

"We don't have anything new at all to report except for that the agencies are working together now," said Hale, who echoed what Novato Lt. John McCarthy said earlier Wednesday.

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The suspect was described as a white male in his 20s with bleach blond hair, approx. 5-foot-9 and wearing a yellow plaid baggy shirt, dark sunglasses and a dark colored baseball hat. In the Novato robbery, the man wore a San Francisco Giants cap.

During the Strawberry incident, the last of the three recent thefts, the man gave a note to the teller demanding money and then brandished a handgun when the teller didn't immediately respond. He fled on foot after receiving some cash.

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Hale said the agencies will not disclose the amount of cash stolen, but he said no money was taken during the Greenbrae event.

Anyone with information about the robberies or the suspect is encouraged to call the Marin County Sheriff’s Office at 415-499-7233. To remain anonymous and possibly become eligible for cash reward, call Bay Area Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.


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