The FBI is offering a reward of $10,000 for assistance in identifying and apprehending a serial financial institution robber known as the “Route 91 Bandit.” The robberies all happened at banks alongside US Route 91, the north-south interstate freeway that stretches from New Haven, Connecticut, to the US-Canada border.
The primary theft occurred on September 9, 2021, at Arrha Credit Union in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and the newest theft was on January 27, 2019 at Franklin First Federal Credit Union in Greenfield, Massachusetts. In between, the robbers hit banks as far south as Liberty Financial Institution in Avon, Connecticut, and as far north as the Financial Savings Institution of Walpole in Keene, New Hampshire.
The serial financial institution robber is described as a white man between 5 foot 6 inches and 5 foot 8 inches in height, of medium build, with blue eyes and light-colored hair, sometimes carrying a hood or hat and white sneakers. The person has allegedly threatened to make use of a firearm, and he tried to enter the financial institution vault in six of the robberies, the FBI said. He could also be driving a more recent mannequin Nissan sedan, in response to investigators.
In the video, which has no sound, the suspect enters the financial institution at 3:18 p.m. and presents a chunk of paper to a financial institution worker sitting in a workplace. The suspect then corrals three financial institution workers right into a third room, the video reveals. They then return to a workplace, and the workers hand the suspect two wads of money before he departs out of the entrance door at 3:23 p.m.
The company is providing a reward of as much as $10,000 for information resulting in his identification, arrest, and conviction.
Within the curiosity of public security, we’re asking anybody with details about this particular person to contact us instantly. We have to put a stop to this man’s crime spree before somebody gets hurt, “mentioned Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Particular Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division. “He is thought to be armed and harmful, so please take an in-depth look at these photos and reach out to us if you realize who he is.”
This is the complete checklist of banks that the person robbed, in response to the FBI:
- September 9, 2021, at 10:21 a.m., Arrha Credit Union, 63 Park Ave., West Springfield, Massachusetts.
- September 20, 2021, at 11:50 a.m., American Eagle Credit Union, 201 Elm St., Enfield, Connecticut.
- October 4, 2021, at 4:50 p.m. at Folks’ United Financial Institution, 479 Canal St., Brattleboro, Vermont.
- October 15, 2021, at around 10:45 a.m., Webster Financial Institution, 2 North Highway, East Windsor, Connecticut.
- October 22, 2021, at 11:45 a.m. Webster Financial Institution, 637 Major St., Somers, Connecticut.
- November 5, 2021, at 3: 18 p.m., Employees Credit Union, 107 Tower Highway, Athol, Massachusetts.
- November 19, 2021, at 4:42 p.m., Liberty Financial Institution, 27 Dale Highway, Avon, Connecticut.
- November 20, 2021, at 8:46 a.m., Financial Savings Institution of Walpole, 400 West St., Keene, New Hampshire.
- December 16, 2021, at 11:48 a.m., Greenfield Cooperative Financial Institution, 176 Avenue A, Montague, New Hampshire.
- January 6, 2022, at 10:50 a.m., Keystone Financial Institution, 122 Prospect Hill Highway, East Windsor, Connecticut.
- Franklin First Federal Credit Union, 57 Newton Road, Greenfield, Massachusetts, at 5:52 p.m.
