Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Robbing 23 Phoenix-Area Banks

MESA, AZ — The FBI has finally identified and arrested a man on suspicion of robbing more than 20 Phoenix-area banks over the past 10 months.

Richard Zumbro, 44, was arrested Monday right after being accused of robbing a U.S. Bank in Mesa that day, the FBI said in a news release.

Zumbro is charged in the United States District Court of Arizona on suspicion of bank robbery, according to court documents.

Law enforcement officials accuse Zumbro of robbing 23 banks inside of grocery stores across the Phoenix metro area by passing a demand note to the teller. The first robbery he's accused of perpetrating was on Dec. 30, 2020 at a U.S. Bank inside of a Fry's grocery store in Tempe with the most recent on Monday at a U.S. Bank inside a Safeway in Mesa. No one was injured in any of the robberies, according to the FBI.

He's accused of robbing banks in Tempe, Phoenix, Chandler, Gilbert, Maricopa, Surprise and Tucson, according to the FBI.

In March, the FBI released surveillance camera photos of the suspected bank robber, asking the public for help in identifying him. At that time there had been 13 robberies.