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In most of the holdups, the robber walked in and demanded money, then counted down from 10 or 15 to one and took off with the cash.
He was described as a black or Hispanic, in his mid-30s, about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8, with an athletic build.
The seven-bank spree began last July 1, when he robbed a few hundred dollars from the Community Bank of Bergen County on West Pleasant Avenue in Maywood.
On Aug. 12, he held up a Hudson City branch on Main Street in River Edge. Surveillance images show him in an orange shirt, white twill pants and dark sunglasses, carrying a black bag.
He wore glasses with a blue tint on frame and clear lenses, pullover dark green sweater and light colored pants while taking about $4,800 from a Hudson City branch on River Road in New Milford on Oct. 23.
On Nov. 6, he took more than $5,000 in cash by "simulating a handgun" at the Glen Rock Hudson City branch of Prospect Street. The FBI said he was wearing a grey baseball cap, dark colored jacket and light colored pants.
The robber was wearing a green Jets baseball cap, glasses and a dark-colored sweatshirt when he put a bag on the counter of a Hudson City branch on Lewandowski Street in Lyndhurst on Dec. 3, told the teller to fill it and fled with the contents.
On Dec. 29, he made off with roughly $8,600 from the Hudson City branch on Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, wearing a black knit hat, a zip-up grey and white sweater with a gold colored scarf around his head, khaki pants and white sneakers.
The most recent robbery occurred March 8, when the FBI said he held up the M&T Bank on Rt. 23 in Wayne. He was wearing a white buttoned-down shirt, ¾-sleeved hunter green jacket, blue jeans, a dark-colored baseball cap and solid white sneakers.
Anyone with information about any of the holdups is asked to call the FBI at (973) 792-3000.
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