Carmel bank robbed

Rich Van Wyk

Eyewitness News

Carmel - Hamilton County sheriff's deputies are looking for a bold bank robber who seemed unconcerned by witnesses and security cameras. The gunman threatened Charter Bank workers then made off with the cash. The search shut down busy streets and even a Starbucks on Michigan Road near 106th Street in Carmel.

Just before 6 p.m. Thursday the robber came in from the pouring rain and immediately caught the eye of bank employees.

Capt Kevin Jowitt, of the Hamilton County Sheriffs Department, explains why. "He was wearing a yellow rain slicker. It was an unusual eye catching garment."

He was also wearing a black ski mask.

There were no customers in the Charter Bank branch, but several in the adjoining Starbucks. Capt. Jowitt says he moved quickly toward a teller. He says the robber showed a handgun, "a silver revolver and demanded money." The teller complied.

The robber quickly made for the door and vanished. Bank workers say he's white, 5'8" in height and weighs around 250 pounds. "They described him as not muscular, kind of fat," according to Captain Jowitt.

In addition to being heavy, the robber was in his late thirties to early forties. Police say that's older than a typical hold up man. He is also described as confident, robbing a bank on a busy street, in front of numerous witnesses and security cameras.

But Capt. Jowitt is concerned. "Anybody who walks into a bank with a gun is a dangerous guy."

The same bank was held up in February. Detectives are still looking for that robber too.

Police say they hope to release the security camera video on Friday in hopes that someone will recognize the heavy armed holdup man in the yellow slicker.

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