Crime & Safety

Newport Beach PD Asks for Public's Help in Identifying Bank Robber

Union Bank on East Coast Highway was targeted Friday by a man who displayed a firearm and demanded cash.

Originally posted at 3:04 p.m. Nov. 4, 2014. Edited with new details.

Hoping to generate leads in their investigation, Newport Beach police today released surveillance video images of a robber who held up a Union Bank branch last week.

The robbery occurred about 2 p.m. Friday at 2865 East Coast Highway, according to Jennifer Manzella of the Newport Beach Police Department.

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The armed suspect flashed his weapon at a teller as he demanded cash, Manzella said.

The robber ditched a bag he stuffed the loot in, along with clothes and the gun, Manzella said.

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The suspect is a white man in his 30s or 40s who is 6 feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds with a medium build, Manzella said.

Anyone with information helpful to the investigation was asked to call Detective Garrett Fitzgerald at (949) 644-3797 or email him at gfitzgerald@nbpd.org. Anonymous tips may be made by calling (800) 550-NBPD.

--City News Service

PHOTO Courtesy Newport Beach Police Department.

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