Wachovia Bank Robbery on 13 September 2007

September 13, 2007

MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC NEWS -- On September 13, 2007, at around 12:45 p.m., the Wachovia Bank located at 4501 Park Road, Charlotte, North Carolina was robbed at gunpoint.

The perpetrator entered the bank and paused briefly in the vestibule of the bank while putting a nylon stocking over his head. The perpetrator then approached one of the teller windows and demanded cash from two bank tellers. The perpetrator was given an undisclosed amount of money spiked with a dye pack. The money and the dye pack were placed in a plastic bag; afterward, the robber fled the bank on foot in the direction of Abbey Place when the dye pack exploded. The perpetrator was observed throwing the smoking plastic bag into the back of a pick-up truck and driving away. Luckily, there were no injuries as a result of the robbery.

This bank robber was described as a black male, approximately 6 feet in height, thin to medium build, and 30's in age. At the time of the robbery, the perpetrator was wearing a polo shirt with blue and white stripes, blue-jean long pants, a white ball cap that had a dark-colored brim, and a latex glove on his left hand.

The getaway vehicle is described as a white pick-up truck that contained a translucent water/liquid tank in the bed of the trunk just behind the truck's rear window. However, the tank did not take up the entire bed of the truck.

Investigators from the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to the robbery and are still investigating. Anyone with information regarding this robbery please call the FBI at 704-377- 9200.