FBI offers $5,000 reward for the 'Fantasia Bandit'

This is a press release courtesy of the FBI
 
The Oregon Financial Institutions Security Task Force is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible for a series of six bank robberies in Portland. 

Investigators have dubbed the man the “Fantasia Bandit” because he has also robbed a Fantasy for Adults Only store twice. He's also believed responsible for a ninth robbery at a Dotty's in North Portland. The robberies started in late September.
 
The robberies include:

• 9/27/09 – Fantasy for Adults Only store, 1512 W. Burnside, Portland
• 9/29/09 – US Bank, 900 SW 6th Ave., Portland
• 10/3/09 – Fantasy for Adults Only, 1512 W. Burnside, Portland
• 10/4//09 -- Dotty's, 11955 N. Center, Portland
• 10/5/09 – NW Resource Federal Credit Union, 221 NW 2nd Ave., Portland
• 10/23/09 – Key Bank, 444 SW 5th Ave., Portland
• 10/24/09 – Wells Fargo, 8334 N. Denver Ave., Portland
• 10/30/09 -- Bank of the West, 905 NE Halsey, Portland 
• 10/31/09 -- Wells Fargo, 4233 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland

In the most recent robbery, "Fantasia" threatened to kill the bank teller.
 
Witnesses describe the man as:

• White
• Age:  35 – 45 years old
• Height:  5'8” – 5’11”
• Weight:  180-200 pounds
• Hair:   Brown
• Clothing:  Varies, but always wears a baseball cap. In one instance he wore a sweatshirt with the words “silver stein” on it; in another instance the sweatshirt said “CCCP”. Wears dark sunglasses.

Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI in Portland at (503) 224-4181 or the Portland Police Bureau at (503) 823-0400.