“Tall, Dark, and Handsome Bandit” Linked to Robberies in Houston and Beaumont

The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force needs your help in identifying the man who’s being called the “Tall, Dark, and Handsome Bandit.” He was captured in bank surveillance photos robbing the Comerica Bank located at 3135 Southwest Freeway in Houston, Texas, on Thursday, February 2, 2012. He also appears in photos from a Beaumont bank robbery on Monday, January 30, 2012.

In the more recent Houston robbery, the man entered the bank around 11:55 a.m. and handed a teller a threatening note which demanded money. The teller provided him with some cash, and he left the bank. No weapon was observed by witnesses. No one was physically hurt during the robbery.

On Monday, the same robber is suspected in the robbery of the Bank of America, located at 2625 Calder in Beaumont, Texas, at approximately 11:06 a.m. During that robbery, the man also passed a threatening note to the tellers, but never spoke.

The bank robber is described as a white male, mid- to late-30s, 6’0”-6’1” tall, handsome, with a medium build and very short brown hair. During Thursday’s robbery, he wore a white button-down pressed dress shirt, dress jeans, and brown sunglasses which he wore on top of his head during the robbery.

Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and arrest of this robber, or any felony suspect. If you have information about this crime, please call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 713-222-TIPS (8477), or the Houston office of the FBI at 713-693-5000.