PHOENIX — Federal officials arrested an alleged serial bank robber on Wednesday in connection to four robberies in the Phoenix area since November 2021.
The FBI Violent Crimes Task Force took 41-year-old Andres Murrieta into custody without incident following a robbery at a SunWest Credit Union in Mesa, federal officials said.
In each instance, Murrieta would enter the bank, produce a robbery demand note and a paper bag for the money, officials said. No one was physically hurt during the robberies.
Murrieta faces charges in connection with four bank robberies in the Valley including:
- Nov. 1, 2021: OneAZ Credit Union, 2277 West Guadalupe Road, Gilbert, Arizona
- Nov. 30, 2021: First Bank, 2025 North Alma School Road, Chandler, Arizona
- Dec. 28, 2021: AlaskaUSA Federal Credit Union, 4330 East Juanita Avenue, Mesa, Arizona
- March 23, 2022: SunWest Credit Union, 1253 South Gilbert Road, Mesa, Ariona
Officials nicknamed Murrieta the "Razzmatazz Robber" because he used a vehicle that resembled the color of the Crayola crayon known as razzmatazz.
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