HOUSTON – FBI Houston is asking the public for help identifying and locating a suspect dubbed the “Coverall Crook.”
The man is alleged to have committed three bank robberies in Houston in the past two weeks.
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Two of the robberies, the first and third one, happened at the First Convenience Bank located within the Food Town grocery store at 5367 Antoine Drive. The robberies happened at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 and again at approximately 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 5.
In both cases, the suspect entered the bank, approached a teller, and handed them a threatening note demanding cash. He left the bank on foot both times with an undisclosed amount of cash. In one of the robberies, the plastic bag containing the stolen cash broke out, spilling money out onto the parking lot. The suspect collected the fallen cash and then fled on a bicycle.
Another robbery happened at approximately 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3 at the Woodforest Bank Branch located within the Kroger store at 12434 State Highway 249.
Again in this case, the suspect entered the bank and handed the teller a threatening note demanding cash. The suspect remained at the counter for a short time before walking away empty handed. He was last seen fleeing the store on a bicycle.
No one was hurt in any of the robberies.
He is believed to be in his mid-50s, approximately 5′9″ tall with a medium build, a graying goatee, and thick eyebrows. In the first robbery, he wore a red-hooded sweatshirt, a green undershirt and blue jeans.
During the last two robberies, he wore dark grey coveralls that displayed an unknown logo on the chest and back. In the third robbery, he also wore a baseball cap underneath the hood of his coveralls.
Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to his identification and arrest. If you have any information, please call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 713-222-TIPS (8477) or the FBI Houston Field Office at (713) 693-5000. Tips may also be submitted to Crime Stoppers through their website, www.crime-stoppers.org, or the Houston Crime Stoppers mobile phone app which can be downloaded for both iPhone and Android devices. All tipsters remain anonymous.