Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI Searching for Serial Bank Robber in Hollywood-Style Mask

Authorities are searching for a suspect who is believed to have robbed two Orange County banks in two days while wearing a lifelike Hollywood-style mask, the FBI announced Friday.

The first robbery took place at a OneWest Bank in Costa Mesa on Thursday. The suspect held up a teller with a handgun and stole more than $8,000, according to the Newport Beach Police Department.

Surveillance video from the robbery shows the suspect in a dark jacket, black beanie and wearing dark sunglasses over what appears to be a lifelike mask. He appeared to have stuffed a pillow under his shirt to obscure his body type. Footage from the exterior of the bank shows the suspect riding away from the scene on an electric bicycle.

The suspect is also believed to have robbed a Citibank in Costa Mesa on Friday.

Anyone with information on the robberies is encouraged to call the FBI's Los Angeles Office at (310)477-6565 or Detective Mike Fletcher of the Newport Beach Police Department at (949)644-3779.

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