Belleair Bluffs bank robbed; suspect on the loose
BELLEAIR BLUFFS – The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bank robbery that occurred at the Wachovia Bank located at 2515 West Bay Drive in Belleair Bluffs this morning.
Deputies describe the suspect (shown in photo) as a black male 20-30 years of age, 6-feet tall with a medium build and weighing about 170-180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a plaid button-up short-sleeve shirt, dark-colored pants, a black ball cap and mirrored sunglasses, authorities said.
He is believed to be using a fake beard.
The suspect’s vehicle is described as a dark-colored four-door car.
According to deputies, the suspect entered the bank and approached a teller, then displayed a handgun and demanded cash. The teller gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money and the suspect fled.
Deputies responded at about 9:50 a.m.
Anyone with information about this crime should call (727) 582-6200, or to remain anonymous, (800) 873-TIPS.
--Keith Niebuhr, Times staff writer
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DAD..Is that you ?
Posted by: chuckles49 | Friday, May 08, 2009 at 04:08 PM
My cell phone takes better pictures than that so called surveillance camera. My conclusion, inside job.
Posted by: colorchanger | Friday, May 08, 2009 at 06:48 PM
about time a black man has robbed a bank and got away with it
Posted by: mid town get down | Friday, May 08, 2009 at 07:56 PM
Any dye put in the bag????? must be an inside job
Posted by: Big C | Friday, May 08, 2009 at 08:16 PM
When blacks refer to themselves as 'African-American', I often wish they would leave off the 'American' part.
Posted by: florida | Friday, May 08, 2009 at 08:36 PM
The cam reads 09:49:23 so if the law responded at 9:50 they wasted no time.
The FBI will nail this guy.
Posted by: lanienus | Saturday, May 09, 2009 at 01:23 AM
I think that guy is my uncle, Rufus Washington. He's mad because they wouldn't take his Kentucky Fried Chicken coupon.
Posted by: florida | Saturday, May 09, 2009 at 01:30 AM
good points florida
Posted by: cesspool | Saturday, May 09, 2009 at 06:30 AM
Hey cesspool and florida,
which one of you drove the get away car?
Your kind of humor should have ended many years ago.
Posted by: Paul | Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 08:48 AM
Paul...
I'm not siding with anyone, but when is the last time you watched a Chris Rock concert?
There is tons of that "kind of humor."
No matter how thin the pancake there are always two sides - think of equality as a thin pancake.
Once again, I am not for either side so don't blast me, I'm just sayin'...
Posted by: Me | Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 10:23 AM