FBI searching for Little Havana bank robber

Same man suspected of holding up another Miami bank Tuesday

MIAMI – The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a Regions Bank in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood Friday.

Special Agent Michael Leverock, a spokesman for the FBI, said the man entered a Regions Bank in the 2800 block of Northwest Seventh Street around 3:30 p.m. and demanded money from a teller. The man then fled with undisclosed amount of cash.

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Although customers were in the bank at the time of the robbery, no one was hurt, Leverock said. Video from the bank security cameras shows the robber as a black man with a beard. He was wearing eyeglasses and a black hat at the time of the robbery.

Leverock said the same man is suspected of robbing a Chase Bank branch in 6800 block of Biscayne Boulevard on Tuesday.

Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to contact the FBI at 754-703-2000 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers 305-471-TIPS.


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