FBI, KPD, and KCSO, as Part of the Safe Streets Task Force, are Searching for Man Who Robbed a BB&T Bank Last Friday

The Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man who robbed a Knoxville bank this past Friday. The suspect is believed to be the same individual who cased the UT Federal Credit Union located at 707 E. Emory Road earlier Friday evening.

At approximately 5:30 Friday afternoon, a man entered the BB&T Bank located at 7108 Maynardville Highway in Knoxville and presented a bag to the teller and demanded money. Witnesses described the suspect as a white male, brown hair, between 5’7”and 5’9” tall, and weighing 160 to 170 pounds. The suspect was wearing black pants, black t-shirt, and a black baseball cap. After obtaining an undetermined amount of money, the suspect left the scene in a vehicle witnesses described as a late 1980s, faded, navy-blue, four-door station wagon (possibly a Chevrolet). 

A reward is being offered for information which leads to the arrest of this individual. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 865-544-0751 or the KCSO at 865-215-2243. This matter is being investigated by the FBI SSTF and KCSO Major Crimes Unit. 

All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

 

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