Police ID man wanted for armed bank robbery

Police ID man wanted for armed bank robbery

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By KVAL.com staff

COOS BAY, Ore. -- A man police consider armed and dangerous is wanted in connection with bank robberies in Coos Bay and Woodburn.

Coos Bay police said Dean John Perri, 39, shown at right, is wanted on suspicion of robbing the Wells Fargo Bank in Coos Bay on Friday.

They also identified Perri as a person of interest in an armed robbery in Woodburn on Monday.

Anyone with information regarding Dean Perri should contact their local police department immediately, police asked. Perri is considered armed and dangerous and should not be confronted, according to police.

Police described Perri as taller than 6 feet with a medium build and numerous tattoos.

Police said Perri is associated with a green 1993 Ford Taurus with Oregon license plate 615 ACS. 

Similarities between Coos Bay, Woodburn robberies

The FBI and the Woodburn Police released bank surveillance photos of a man and a getaway vehicle believed involved in a bank robbery Monday at approximately 10:28 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank at 2600 Newberg Highway in Woodburn.

The robber displayed a note and a gun in his waistband and escaped in a green Ford Taurus "SHO" with a fin on it.

The FBI and Woodburn Police Department did not identify Perri as the suspect but issued a number of surveillance photographs:


The man in the pictures looks similar to the man in surveillance photos from the robbery in Coos Bay (below).

Bank robber considered armed and dangerous

 

Witnesses describe the man in the Woodburn robbery as 30, 6-foot-4, about 180 pounds with a goatee.

Anyone with information on the Woodburn bank robbery is asked to call the FBI in Salem at (503) 763-7501 during normal business hours; the FBI in Portland at (503) 224-4181 24 hours a day; or the Woodburn Police Department at (503) 982-2345.

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