“JV Bandit” Robs Chase Bank Branch in Wheat Ridge

For Immediate Release

August 30, 2010 FBI Denver

Contact: Media Coordinator Dave Joly

The Wheat Ridge Police Department and FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force (RMSSTF) responded to a bank robbery which occurred on Saturday, August 28, 2010, at approximately 12:05 p.m. at the Chase Bank, 3850 Wadsworth Blvd., Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

The suspect is described as a white male, late 20's, approximately 5'5" tall.

The suspect is believed to be the JV Bandit.

The suspect presented a note and demanded money.

Bank robbery is punishable by a 20-year prison sentence for each offense and increases if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime.

The FBI continues to provide financial institutions with the best practices for security to make them less vulnerable to robberies.

If anyone has any information on the bank robbery above or any bank robbery, please call the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force at 303-629-7171; or, you can remain anonymous and earn up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) by calling CRIMESTOPPERS at 720-913-STOP (7867).