The Abilene Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect wanted in connection to a bank robbery which occurred on the morning of Sept. 24, 2019, at First State Bank, 2118 S. Treadaway Blvd.
Bank surveillance video captured the moment the suspect startled a bank employee on her way into the bank and forced her into the building at gunpoint.
The suspect is described as an older black male in his 40s or 50s with partially-grey facial hair. He is approximately 5 feet, 6 in. tall and walks with a pronounced limp in his left leg. He was wearing carpenter-type light blue pants, a light-blue long-sleeve shirt/jacket, black gloves with white-tipped fingers, an Ed Hardy-style shirt underneath, and a black ski mask.
A second female bank employee arrived and was also forced into the bank at gunpoint. At this time, according to a press release from the APD, the first employee got into a fight with the suspect who ultimately fled in a 2002-2004 gold Cadillac, possibly a DeVille model. He left the bank without any money.
Detectives believe this man is also responsible for two other bank robberies - one on July 12, 2016, at First Bank Texas, 1849 S. First St., and one in April 22, 2015, at First Bank Texas in Clyde, 525 S. Access Road. He stole an undisclosed amount of money in these two robberies.
Anyone with information on this suspect, is asked to contact the Abilene Police Department at 325-673-8331, or to remain anonymous, contact Abilene Crime Stoppers at 325-676-8477.
