A man robbed the U.S. Bank branch in Mill Creek in the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 23, making it the first bank robbery within the Mill Creek city limits in four years, according to police.
According to witnesses interviewed by police, a man entered the bank at approximately 3:48 p.m. and passed a note to the bank employee demanding money.
The suspect didn’t use a weapon, nor imply that he had one. The bank employee complied with the demand and the suspect fled the scene on foot through the south entrance with an undisclosed amount of money.
Mill Creek police and Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene immediately and searched the area but didn’t find the suspect.
The suspect is described as a white male, 25 to 30 years old, 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 180 pounds. He has a slim build and fair complexion.
The suspect was wearing a dark colored baseball cap, a gray hooded zip-up sweatshirt, a white T-shirt and blue jeans. The suspect was also carrying a dark purple and black backpack.
No one was injured in the robbery. The bank is at 13314 Bothell-Everett Highway.
The last bank robbery within the Mill Creek city limits took place in 1999. In 1998 four such robberies took place, three of them coming in one week.
Police say regular businesses are more likely to be robbed of cash than banks.
“It’s more predominant for businesses,” Mill Creek police spokeswoman Becky Erk said. “Our banks here are pretty secure.”
Mill Creek police are investigating the incident with assistance from the FBI. Police are asking that anyone with any information on the incident call detective Chris White at 425-337-1115 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday or call 911 after hours.
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