Picture of Suspect in 7 Bank Holdups Released

Authorities said Thursday that they have the photograph, fingerprints and license-plate number of a man suspected in seven bank robberies in the past two months, including four in the west San Fernando Valley.

The suspect is white, 6-foot-1, 175 pounds with wavy brown hair and appears to be in his 30s, authorities said.

“This could be it; it could be the golden ring,” FBI Special Agent Brent Robbins said.

No one has been injured in any of the holdups, but in each case, the robber handed tellers a note suggesting violence, Robbins said.

“He has never shown a weapon, but the verbiage in the notes is violent,” Robbins said. The notes are different, “but you can’t get more exact than the way this guy is phrasing it.”

The man is suspected of robbing East West Bank in Tarzana on Feb. 4 and 14, Charter Pacific Bank in Agoura Hills on March 2 and Wells Fargo Bank in Canoga Park on March 9.

He is also suspected in three holdups in Ventura County: Hawthorne Savings in Thousand Oaks on Feb. 18, First Western Bank in Simi Valley on March 9 and Los Robles Bank in Camarillo on March 13.

Robbins said employees of the Agoura Hills bank became suspicious when a man walked in Monday wearing dark baggy pants, oval sunglasses and a backpack.

They immediately contacted authorities, and the man turned around and walked out, Robbins said. As he drove away, a police car pulling into the parking lot captured his car license plate on video.

Robbins said the video, which needs to be enhanced, could lead to the suspect’s name and address. He said the man is thought to live in the Valley.