Help Needed To Identify Glendale Bank Robber

GLENDALE (CBSLA.com) — Police asked for the public's help Tuesday in identifying a man who robbed a Citibank branch in Glendale.

The robbery happened about noon Thursday at Citibank, 414 N. Central Ave., according to the Glendale Police Department.

The man approached a teller and asked to cash a check, then demanded money, "indicating he had a gun," police said.

The suspect was described as a black man, about 30 years old, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9, and weighing 185 pounds. The suspect had short black hair, wore black sunglasses with a gold frame, black pants and a red and white shirt.

Anyone with information about the robbery can call Detective Petros Kmbikyan at (818) 548-3987 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

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