FBI Offers Reward For 'Tie-Dyed' Bandit

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — The FBI said Wednesday that it is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the so-called "Tie-Dyed Bandit" who is believed to be responsible for four South Florida bank robberies.

"Investigators have identified this bank robber as the "Tie-Dyed Bandit" because it is believed that he set off a bank dye pack in his getaway vehicle following at least one of the robberies," according to Special Agent Michael D. Leverock and spokesman Jim Marshall with the FBI in Miami.

Leverock and Marshall said the robber's getaway car, a four-door Toyota Corolla, may have a red stain inside the passenger compartment as a result of the dye pack. The 2003 to 2008 vehicle also has scratch damage to the right rear bumper.

Watch surveillance video below of the moment a dye pack explodes inside the getaway car:

The FBI said the "Tie-Dyed Bandit" is believed to have been involved in the following South Florida bank robberies:

• BB&T, 6400 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale on April 23
• Bank United, 1730 Sunrise Blvd in Fort Lauderdale on May 14
• Tropical Federal Credit Union, 5900 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, FL (Attempted Bank Robbery) on June 6
• Bank United, 1730 Sunrise Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale on June 7

"The bank robber should be considered armed and dangerous," said Leverock and Marshall.

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department and the FBI’s South Florida Violent Crime Task Force is also participating in the investigation.