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Petaluma Police Department
Thursday May 3rd, 2018 :: 03:09 p.m. PDT

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West America Bank robbed in Petaluma

Petaluma Police Department
NEWS RELEASE
                                                                                                                                                           
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release                                                                          May 3, 2018

Issued By: Lieutenant Ron Klein, Petaluma PD, 707.778.4372, email: [email protected]
 
 
Incident:                      West America Bank robbed in Petaluma
Report Number:          18-2088
Occurred Date :           May 3, 2018
Occurred Time:           11:23 AM
Location:                     West America Bank, 200 Washington St. Petaluma     
Suspect:                       Black Male adult, large build, wearing a                                             light colored hooded sweatshirt
 
 
Incident Summary:
 
On May 3, 2018 at 11:23 am Petaluma Police Department received a call from the West America Bank located at 200 Washington St. that they just had a robbery occur within the bank.
 
A black male adult with a large build wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt entered the bank, walked to one of the windows and demanded money from the bank employee. No weapon was mentioned or displayed when the demand for money was made to the bank employee. After he was handed an undisclosed amount of cash the suspect left the bank in an unknown direction of travel.
 
Petaluma Police Officers were on scene within minutes of the call however were unable to locate the suspect, Police were able to get photos of the suspect from bank cameras. A photo of the suspect is attached to the press release.
 
If anyone knows the identity of the suspect or has any information that might be helpful please contact Detective John Silva at 707-778-4532.
 
 

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Petaluma Police Department
969 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952

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Non-emergencies: 707-778-4372

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