Serial bank robber wanted for 5 heists in GTA and London

A crook dubbed the LA Bandit — wanted for a string of bank heists in Southern Ontario — has managed to elude cops for months.

But on Wednesday, Toronto Police released

In each case, the crook threatened he had a gun during the robbery.

“He would approach the customer service representative, put his knapsack on the counter and his hand in his pocket and indicated he had a gun,”  said acting Insp. Lauren Pogue, of the Holdup Squad. “No gun was ever seen”

“We believe he is operating alone,” she said.

Pogue said it’s not known if the bandit has ties to the areas where banks were robbed.

In the Toronto and Durham bank robberies, the man fled on foot.

But in the London robbery, he was seen driving away in a white, two-door Mercedes CLA 250 with a model year between 2014 and 2016.

The wanted man is described as 25 to 35, with a light brown complexion, about six feet tall with dark facial hair. During the robberies he wore dark glasses and baseball hats.

The first four robberies occurred in the early morning hours at Yonge and Wellesley Sts. in Toronto on Apr. 7, on King Ave. W. in Newcastle on  Apr. 12, near Bloor St. W. and Spadina Ave. in Toronto on May 16, and near Oxford St. E. and Richmond St. in London on May 18.


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