On 4/24/14, at approximately 1220 hours, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the Exchange Bank at 500 Larkfield Center in Larkfield for a report of a robbery that just occurred. A description of the suspect was given and the surrounding area was immediately searched by several deputies with negative results.
Bank employees reported to deputies that the suspect entered the bank and demanded money. The suspect then took the money, placed in a plastic grocery style bag, and fled on foot. The suspect was last seen running southeast through the Larkfield Center parking lot.
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Investigations Detectives retrieved and reviewed the surveillance video from the Exchange Bank and secured digital photographs of the suspect inside the bank during the incident. The suspect is a white male, 5’ 8” to 5’ 10” tall, with a slender build. He looked to be in his mid 20’s and had a brownish patch of hair under his bottom lip.The suspect was wearing a tan or green long sleeve button up shirt, black pants, and light colored shoes. The suspect also was wearing a camoflauge beanie cap and dark sun glasses.
The Exchange Bank is offering a $5,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the attached surveillance photo of the suspect to the public in hopes someone will recognize him. Please contact Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Investigations Bureau at 707-565-2185 if you have information about this case.
Prepared by: Sgt S. McAlvain
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
Violent Crimes Investigations
Case# 140424-020
