Federal Bureau of Investigation
1961 Stout Street Suite 1823
Denver, Colorado 80294
Main phone: (303)629-7171
Fax: (303)575-7132

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (surveillance photos below)

September 11, 2008

The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two men suspected of robbing three banks during the month of August 2008.

On August 7th, only one robber was observed, Suspect #1 (see description below). In each robbery on August 7th, 14th, and 29th, a demand note was passed to the victim teller and the suspect(s) fled the bank with the stolen money. Only in the most recent robbery, on August 29th, one of the suspects may have entered an older model SUV type vehicle, driven by a third unknown suspect.

The two men are suspected of robbing the following banks:

--August 29, 2008 at approximately 9:15 a.m.
US BANK, 10395 West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado

--August 14, 2008 at approximately 3:30 p.m.
NORTH VALLEY BANK, 8410 North Umatilla Street, Federal Heights, Colorado

--August 12, 2008 at approximately 4:30 p.m.
US BANK, 10395 West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado

The robbers are generally described as follows:

Suspect #1—approached the victim teller on August 14 and August 29, wearing a blue or dark colored shirt in the surveillance photos.

White Male or Hispanic
Approximately 20 to 30 years of age
Approximately 5’09” to 5”11”
Average build
Wearing a baseball cap and may have/had a slight mustache

Suspect #2—approached victim teller on August 7, and stood near door on August 14 and August 29, wearing the light colored shirt in the surveillance photos.

White Male or Hispanic
Approximately 20 to 30 years of age
Approximately 5’09” to 5”11”
Average build
Wearing a baseball cap

If anyone has any information pertaining to the bank robberies listed above, please contact the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at (303) 629-7171.

SA Kathy Wright
FBI- Denver Division
Media Coordinator
Phone: 303-575-7056
E-mail: Kathleen.Wright@ic.fbi.gov