NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Sonoma County is seeking information in the effort to identify and arrest a man said to be responsible for robbing a Larkfield bank on Thursday.
At 12:20 p.m. Thursday 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, according to a report from Sgt. Shannon McAlvain.
A description of the male subject was given and the surrounding area was immediately searched by several deputies with negative results, McAlvain said.
McAlvain said bank employees reported to deputies that the man entered the bank and demanded money. He then took the money, placed in a plastic grocery style bag, and fled on foot. The man 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 male subject inside the bank during the incident, McAlvain said.
The alleged robber is a white male, 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a slender build. He looked to be in his mid 20s and had a brownish patch of hair under his bottom lip, according to McAlvain.
McAlvain said the man was wearing a tan or green long-sleeved button up shirt, black pants and light-colored shoes, a camouflage beanie cap and dark sun glasses.
The Exchange Bank is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect, McAlvain said.
Please contact Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Investigations Bureau at 707-565-2185 if you have information about this case.