LEAGUE CITY, Texas — Bicycles abandoned near the scenes of recent robberies at an Alvin bank and League City credit union have authorities believing the armed heists were committed by the same man.
No injuries were reported in either incident.
At 2:33 p.m. July 19, a man described as an 18- to 25-year-old Hispanic rode to the front entrance of Compass Bank, 2432 S. Gordon St., in Alvin.
The man, who stood about 5-feet, 6-inches to 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighed between 160 to 170 pounds, gave the teller a note, saying it was a robbery, Alvin Detective J.L. Taylor said.
He lifted his shirt, showing the clerk a silver-color, semi-automatic handgun, and fled with the cash on a bicycle, which police found a few blocks away, Taylor said.
"It is now believed this suspect committed the aggravated robbery of the ACU bank in League City," Taylor said.
League City police were called at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday to ACU of Texas credit union, 351 S. Egret Bay Blvd.
Security snapshots show a clean-shaven, Hispanic man in his 20s handing the teller something and lifting his shirt, League City police Sgt. John Jordan said.
The man fled with $6,800, and police found the bicycle nearby, Jordan said.
"The suspect rode the bike around back, to make whoever think he got away on a bike and then got in a vehicle, although no vehicle was seen," Jordan said.
Alvin police are coordinating the investigation with League City police and the FBI, Taylor said.
