Serial bank robber in ‘Punisher’ T-shirt strikes in Sandy Springs

The man pictured is believed to have robbed six metro Atlanta banks, FBI officials said.

The man pictured is believed to have robbed six metro Atlanta banks, FBI officials said.

A serial bank robber who sometimes wears a “Punisher” T-shirt struck for the sixth time last week, FBI officials said.

On Dec. 22, a man in a gray T-shirt with a black skull, the logo for the comic book and television show “Punisher,” robbed a SunTrust Bank in Sandy Springs, FBI agent David LeValley said in a news release.

The man walked into the bank on Johnson Ferry Road about 5 p.m. and pretended to fill out a deposit slip, LeValley said. Instead, he allegedly slipped a demand note to the teller.

A man wearing a "Punisher" T-shirt robbed this Cobb County bank on Dec. 7,  the FBI said. (Credit: FBI)

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“The suspect put the money in a small, black zippered bag,” LeValley said. He wore a wrist wrap on his hand.

Officials believe the same man in his mid-to-late-30s has been robbing banks throughout metro Atlanta for months, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.

It was the third time the man hit a bank in Sandy Springs, officials said. He also hit banks in Alpharetta, Atlanta and Marietta.

He wore a gray “Punisher” T-shirt in a Dec. 7 robbery at a bank on Roswell Road in Marietta.

The man is described as bald, medium build, with some facial hair and wearing a large/oversized black watch on his left wrist. He often carries a small zippered bag.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477 (TIPS). There is a reward through Crime Stoppers and all callers can remain anonymous.
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