Sonoma Burglary Suspect At-Large

PETALUMA, CA -- Authorities asked the public for help Saturday in finding a man who attempted to use a forged driver's license to withdraw money from a Petaluma bank. The incident happened around 4:53 p.m. Friday at the US Bank on South McDowell Boulevard, according to the Petaluma Police Department.

Police said the suspect went to the bank, located inside a Safeway store, and presented a withdraw slip with a name and account number. The suspect also provided the teller with a California driver's license that matched the name on the withdraw slip.

Police said the teller became suspicious about the transaction and felt the driver’s license that was given was fraudulent. The suspect became more and more nervous and he eventually left, leaving the documents behind.

During the investigation, it was learned that the victim’s information on the driver’s license was correct and the photograph on the driver’s license was an actual photograph of the suspect, police said.

The suspect is described as a white male, around the age of 60, 6' foot tall with gray hair and a gray mustache and beard.

The Petaluma Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect. If anyone has any information about the identity of the pictured suspect, they are encouraged to telephone Officer Sawyer, 707-781-1248

--Photo via Petaluma Police Department