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Police seek man in 5 bank heists since March 15

By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published April 17, 2002

TAMPA -- Police are searching for a man who has robbed five banks in the past month.

During each robbery, the suspect walked into the bank, approached the teller and demanded cash. He is described as a black man, between 35 and 40 years old, 150 pounds, with a mustache and light beard. He wears light tinted glasses, a baseball cap and usually a light colored shirt.

The first robbery happened at Mercantile Bank at 4202 W Kennedy Blvd. on March 15; that bank also was robbed April 1, authorities said. The First Union Bank at 4950 W Kennedy Blvd. was robbed April 9. Two banks were robbed April 15: the Bank of America at 100 N Westshore Blvd. and the Bank of America at 3439 W Hillsborough Ave.

Anyone with information about the holdups or the robber should call Robbery Squad Detective Mark Dinsmore at 276-3600 or CrimeStoppers at (800) 873-8477.

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