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FBI upping reward for info on serial bank robber
So far, the unknown suspect has knocked over at least six banks throughout New Mexico since early July.
The FBI is offering a cash reward (upped from $2,000` from July 28 to $5,000) for information leading to the apprehension of a sophisticated bank robber targeting financial institutions all over the state of New Mexico from early July till today.
The bandit’s M.O. is the old hat “demand note ” method — handing a threatening note to the teller demanding cash or something vile and horrible will happen.
The geographic and time schedules of the robberies are compelling to look at. Investigators in New Mexico and the FBI believe the very first robbery was July 15 at a Wells Fargo branch in Moriarity, population 2223.
Four days later, the same suspect allegedly hit the U.S. Bank in Moriarity (only 5 blocks west down Route 66 from the Wells Fargo).
Still, the suspect was not done on the 19th: he robbed another Wells Fargo in Tijeras (population 610) — all of 21 miles west — in the direction of Albuquerque — along Route 66 from the…
