Reports of bank jugging have climbed in recent years. It’s a type of robbery in which someone is followed after leaving from a financial institution, then robbed of the money the withdrew once they travel to a different location.
On Saturday, December 12, 2022, the Austin Police Department responded to a call about a robbery at a gas station at 1719 East William Cannon. When officers arrived, a man told them he’d stopped at the gas station after withdrawing money from a bank. Once inside, the man said he was violently attacked and robbed by men believed to have followed him from the bank.
Surveillance cameras show that the people involved in this robbery arrived at the gas station in a newer model Hyundai Tucson. One of them remained inside the SUV as the getaway driver. The driver’s description is not known at this time.
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The other two suspects are described as follows:
Suspect 1
- Black male
- He was last seen wearing a maroon hooded sweatshirt, maroon jogging pants, gray gloves with blue finger tips, a gray mask/neck garter, and beige and black tennis shoes that appear to be Nike Air Vapor Max Plus, or similar style.
Suspect 2
- Black male
- He was last seen wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, black Nike jogging pants, blue balaclava style mask, yellow gloves, and white tennis shoes that appear to be Nike Air Force 1’s, or similar style.
Suspect vehicle
- Hyundai Tucson
- Newer model
As the two men were leaving the scene of the robbery, APD said they threw a bundle of cash toward another unidentified man who witnessed the robbery. Detectives now want to speak with him.
To date, the Austin Police Department says it has fielded approximately 129 reports of juggings, with a total of $1,322,319 in cash stolen.
