TORONTO – Police are investigating a suspect believed to be behind a series of eight bank robberies this year in Burlington, Oakville and Kitchener.
The suspect robbed the Speers Street Scotiabank in Oakville on Tuesday. It marks the latest crime in a spree beginning on Jan. 3 with the robbery of a Bank of Montreal in Burlington.
All banks visited in the suspect’s spree are within 65 km of each other, including two Kitchener Scotiabank locations robbed in a span of ten minutes on Feb. 18.
Police believe one man is behind all the robberies.
The suspect is described as a man with a large build, who is approximately six feet tall.
Security footage shows the suspect wearing dark sunglasses, jeans, a black hoodie and a coloured plaid jacket with a scarf.
The Halton Regional Police Service urges anyone with information on these robberies to contact them.
Interactive Map: The locations of all eight bank robberies.
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