710 Locust Street Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 October 1, 2007
NEWS RELEASE The Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV of the Knoxville Police Department (KPD), are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the man who robbed a Knoxville bank today. This makes the fourth such robbery in less than two weeks. At approximately 11:20 a.m., a lone man entered the First Tennessee Bank at 324 N. Cedar Bluff Road. The man was described by witnesses as having a neat appearance. He was a white male, between 65 and 70 years old, approximately 5'9" tall weighing about 185 or 190 pounds. He was wearing eyeglasses, a light blue polo shirt, blue jeans, and had some type of snapped leather holster on his hip. He had short-cut gray hair which was wavy on the top. The man presented a note demanding money to a teller. He claimed to have a gun. No firearm was actually observed. The robber left the bank with an undetermined amount of money. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 865/544-0751, or the KPD at 865/215-7212. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.