SEQUIM — Police are continuing to investigate last week’s bank robbery, but so far their inquiries have not yielded any strong clues.
“We don’t have a lot to go on,” Sequim Police Sgt. Sean Madison said Wednesday.
“We’re trying generate our own leads.”
Madison said he could not comment specifically on what investigators are doing, but noted that they are “crunching data.”
Investigators also said they believe that the robber may have left town immediately after the robbery, Madison said
The FBI is involved as well in trying to find the man in his 50s who walked into the Kitsap Bank at 990 E. Washington St. on Feb. 8 and walked out with between $4,000 and $6,000 in cash.
“What we have to work with isn’t much,” Madison said.
Although the FBI is helping, it’s the Sequim Police Department’s case, he said.
“Solving the crime and catching bad guys, that belongs to locals,” Madison said.
Suspect ‘didn’t stand out’
Part of the problem for police is the description of the man — white, older, wearing a blue flannel shirt.
Following the robbery, police in Sequim and Port Angeles responded to a three reports of a man fitting that description.
“He didn’t stand out,” Madison said.
Although the robber flashed a holstered pistol to compel the bank clerk to hand over cash, the man did not commit any overt acts of violence, which helped him avoid drawing attention to himself.
The bank’s video camera system also did not produce a clear picture of the man.
“We wish that would have been better,” Madison said.