'False Badge Bandit & # 39; hits two other banks as officials seek advice

"False Badge Bandit" hit several banks in the Bay Area, officials said.

(Danville Police / San Ramon Police)

California authorities are looking for what is called the "False Badge Bandit" after the man allegedly stole several banks along the state Gold.

The suspect is described as a man about 6 years old. feet high. He wears a seven-pointed sheriff's badge on his hip and carries a gun in a holster while he usurps the identity of a police officer.

The "Fake Badge Bandit" stole a bank in San Ramon and another in Danville on Thursday. According to the KTVU, officials under high alert

"During the robberies, the suspect enters the bank with a bag and presents a note asking for money." The suspect threatened the sighted men and women. He would shoot colleagues if the victim did not comply with his request, "the FBI said in a press release

. – Shirt with a straw hat in San Ramon and an orange golf shirt in an American flag hat at the Danville Bank, according to CBS San Francisco

"We think that there is somebody who knows who this person is "Sgt sheriff of Santa Clara County. Rich Glennon told KTVU. "His trademark is a hat with a wide brim, he also used a cap, but he is quite identifiable."

The officials launched the hunt for the suspect on May 31. It has been linked to bank robberies at La Verne, Pasadena, Claremont and Santa Clarita. release.