FBI searches for ‘Button-Down Bandit,’ suspected in 4 robberies
Federal investigators are searching for a bank robber — dubbed the “Button-Down Bandit” — believed to be the culprit in four robberies in Riverside and Orange counties over the last three weeks, authorities said.
The bandit, described as a slender white male between 45 and 50 years old with white hair, has walked into banks and given a “demand note” to a teller, according to a statement from the FBI. He has also passed a note demanding the money be in denominations of $50 and $100.
He’s called the “Button-Down Bandit” because he wears button-down shirts during the robberies. He has said to bank employees: “Don’t make me do it” or “You have 30 seconds.”
Investigators have connected him to several robberies, the most recent Monday at a U.S. Bank branch in Riverside. The others were last Wednesday at a U.S. Bank in La Quinta, a Bank of America in Seal Beach on Nov. 25 and at a Wells Fargo on Nov. 15 in Yorba Linda.
The FBI is working with law enforcement agencies in both counties on the investigation.
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