February 06, 2008 CUMMING -- A third bank robbery Monday, Feb. 4 has Forsyth investigators searching for what they believe is a single suspect. A Crescent Bank on Ga. 9 in south Forsyth was robbed Monday, the second Crescent Bank branch hit. A Geor-gia Federal Credit Union on Canton Highway was robbed a few days later.
All three banks were robbed within a two-week span.
Investigators from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office and the City of Cumming Police Department are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in the recent robberies of three Forsyth County banks.
"There are similarities in all three robberies," said Forsyth County Sheriff Ted Paxton.
In all three robberies the suspect approached a teller window and handed the teller a note, demanding cash. No weapon was shown. After receiving an undetermined amount of cash the suspect left the banks on foot.
Anyone with information as to the identity of the suspect shown in this photograph is encouraged to call the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office at 770-781-2200 or the City of Cumming Police Department at 770-781-2000. Anyone who wishes to remain anonymous may call the Sheriff's Office Crime Stoppers line at 770-888-7308.
