Crime & Safety
FBI Looking For Raincoat Bank Robber
Man wearing a rain jacket has robbed two area banks in le3ss than a month

HOUSTON, TX — The Safe Streets Task Force out of the FBI Bryan Resident Agency needs the public’s help identifying and locating the man who has robbed two banks in the past four weeks- one in Conroe, and the other in Sealy.
The most recent robbery happened on Jan. 8, at the Woodforest National Bank inside the Walmart located at 310 Overcreek Way in Sealy.
The first robbery happened on Monday, Dec. 11 at the Woodforest National Bank inside the Walmart located at 3040 College Park Dr. in Conroe.
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In both robberies, the rain jacket-wearing suspect enters the bank, approaches a teller, presents a threatening demand note, and leaves with an undisclosed amount of cash.
In the Jan. 8 robbery, the suspect fled in a black motorcycle with a windshield and wearing a blue helmet.
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In the Dec. 11 robbery, the suspect was seen leaving with a getaway driver in a dark-colored, four-door, late model Hyundai Elantra with weathered paint on the roof.

The suspect is described as a tall, slender, white male in his 50s or 60s.
He has dark, graying, short hair, a “five o’clock shadow”, and wears reading glasses.
In the first robbery witnesses say he wore black frames; in the second robbery he wore gold frames.
He also wore a blue rain jacket and blue jeans in both incidents.
Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of this bank robber.
If you have any information, please call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 713-222-TIPS (8477) or the FBI Houston Field Office at (713) 693-5000.
Text TIP610 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637) or visit www.crime-stoppers.org.
Tips may also be submitted to Crime Stoppers through the Crime Stoppers of Houston app which can be downloaded at the app store for both iPhone and android devices. All tipsters remain anonymous.
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