Crime & Safety

Fremont, Peninsula Bank Robber: FBI Releases Photos

Do you recognize this man from either of these photos? He's accused of two bank robberies in less than a week.

FREMONT, CA — The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying the "Orange Goatee Bandit," a man suspected of robbing banks in Fremont and Millbrae earlier this month.

The suspect is described as a slender white man between the ages of 20 and 30 standing roughly 5 feet 8 inches tall. He has an orange mustache and goatee or beard, an earring in his left ear and tattoos on his right
hand.

He allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo bank on Paseo Padre Parkway in Fremont on Dec. 1 and a Chase Bank on El Camino Real in Millbrae on Dec. 4.

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In both cases, he passed a note to a teller demanding money, according to the FBI.

Anyone with information about the suspect's identity or whereabouts is asked to contact the San Francisco office of the FBI at (415) 553-7400. Tips can also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov.

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— Bay City News; Images via FBI