HURRICANE, W.Va. — The man who robbed a bank
in Hurricane in July is wanted by the FBI for nine other bank robberies.
The
FBI is asking for the public’s help to identify the so-called “I-55 Bandit,”
who is responsible for robbing 10 banks and attempting to rob two others in
five states: Illinois , Missouri ,
Maryland , West Virginia ,
and Tennessee
The
FBI St. Louis dubbed him the I-55 Bandit because all the banks robbed in the St. Louis
On
July 30, the man walked into the Huntington Bank branch in Putnam County
located at the Teays
Valley
The
FBI said the suspect has used the same demand note at all the robberies.
No
one has been hurt in the robberies. The amounts of money taken are not being
disclosed.
The
suspect is described as a young man in his early to mid-20s, around 6-feet
tall and thin with short brown or strawberry blond hair.
Anyone
with information is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
