A suspect who stole more than $2,500 in cash from the Key Bank in the 19700 block of Old Highway 99 in Rochester just before 2:20 p.m. on Friday was still at large Monday morning, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The suspect — described as a 5-foot-9, medium-built white male between 20 and 30 years old with dark hair worn in a buzzcut — delivered a note demanding the money to the bank teller, who followed the bank’s standard procedure in case of a bank robbery, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
The suspect did not display any weapons during the robbery and no injuries were reported.
A customer at the bank who witnessed the incident reported seeing the suspect run across the street toward McDonald’s after obtaining the money.
He was wearing “a white shirt, a gray sweatshirt with three horizontal red and white stripes with some kind of animal on the front, red and white Converse-looking shoes, blue jeans, and glasses” at the time of the incident, according to information from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
An attempted K-9 track of the suspect, completed by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon, was unsuccessful.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office will release more information as the investigation continues.
Anyone with information pertaining to this investigation should contact the Sheriff’s Office at 360-704-2740.
