On Monday, December 17, 2012, at 2:07pm, a male white, 50-60 years old, medium build, with a scruffy gray beard, wearing a navy-blue stocking hat, navy-blue hooded jacket with a thin light-colored horizontal strip across the chest, blue jeans, and tan work boots entered the Key Bank at 88 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. The suspect walked directly to the teller counter where he placed a note demanding cash. The teller removed money from the drawer and placed it on the counter. The suspect scooped up the money, fled out the front door of the bank, then walked west on the sidewalk towards High St. where the dye pack hidden in the money exploded. That same evening, the suspect, wearing a black coat over a white shirt and blue jeans, ball cap with a white design, and tan work boots, put the dye stained bills in Laundromat coin machines on the west side of Columbus. On January, 9, 2012, at 10:16am, the same suspect, now clean shaven, robbed the Fifth Third Bank located at 1349 W. 5th Ave. in Columbus. Surveillance photos from both banks and a Laundromat can be viewed on our www.stopcrime.org website.

Crime Stoppers has posted a reward of up to $2,000.00 for any information received by January 23, 2013, leading to the arrest and/or indictment of the persons responsible for this crime. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS (8477) or go to our website at www.stopcrime.org and e-mail your tip. You can text a tip to “CRIMES” 274637, key word CMH.

Crime Stoppers does not use Caller ID or record telephone conversations. A special coding system protects the identity of the caller. Crime Stoppers also takes calls from persons with information about any felony. Information leading to the arrest and/or indictment of a felony suspect could qualify the caller for a reward as determined by the Crime Stoppers Board of Directors. For more information on Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, visit our website at www.stopcrime.org.

Crime Stoppers is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization. Reward money comes from private individuals, businesses, and foundations that see Crime Stoppers as an integral tool in the community’s fight against crime. Tax-deductible donations can be sent to Central Ohio Crime Stopper’s, Inc., and P.O. BOX 16038, COLUMBUS, OH 43216-6038.

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