'Sticky Note Bandit' Strikes a 4th Time in 2 Weeks

Houston suspect left latest bank robbery without cash, police say
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 17, 2023 1:20 PM CDT
Updated Jul 19, 2023 1:45 PM CDT
FBI Hunts 'Sticky Note Bandit'
The FBI released this image of the "Sticky Note Bandit."   (FBI)
UPDATE Jul 19, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

The FBI says the "Sticky Note Bandit" attempted his fourth bank robbery Tuesday, but he didn't get away with any cash. Police say the suspect walked into a Bank of America branch in Houston and, as in other robberies, handed a teller a sticky note with a threatening message, ABC13 reports. Police say the teller walked away and locked themselves in a back room for safety, and the robber ran away soon afterward. As in other robberies, the suspect was dressed as a woman, but this time he was wearing a red dress instead of the usual green sweater, police say. "He has committed four robberies in less than two weeks, and we need your help to find him," the FBI tweeted.

Jul 17, 2023 1:20 PM CDT

The FBI is seeking a Houston bank robber they have dubbed the "Sticky Note Bandit." The agency says that in three robberies in the space of 10 days, the robber handed a teller a sticky note with a threatening message demanding cash, Fox 26 reports. The FBI says the robber dressed as a woman in all three robberies, reports ABC. He made off with an undisclosed sum of cash in robberies on July 5 and 13 but left a July 11 robbery empty-handed after the "teller walked away from the counter and locked themselves in the back room for safety," the FBI says. The agency says the robber lingered in the bank lobby briefly before fleeing on foot.

The robber is described as a Black male, approximately 5'8" tall with a "thin to medium build," an FBI alert states. "During the last two robberies he wore a black wig, black sunglasses, a blue medical mask, a green women's style sweater, black women's ballet flats, and carried a black purse." A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the identification and arrest of the robber. (More bank robber stories.)

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