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Camden County Police Searching For Burqa-wearing Serial Bank Robber

AUDUBON, NJ (CBS) – The Camden County Prosecutor's Office is reaching out to the public for help capturing a suspected serial bank robber who wears a burqa.

Authorities say they're looking for a man who passed a note to a clerk demanding cash at the Beneficial Bank on the 100 block of South White Horse Pike around 2 p.m. Wednesday.

The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of money, and police say he may be responsible for two other robberies at area banks.

The first happened on Sept. 17 at the Susquehanna Bank on Market Street in Camden. The second happened on Sept. 25th at the Audubon Savings Bank on South White Horse Pike in Audubon.

Police say that in all three robberies, the man was dressed in a black burqa. He's described as a light skinned male, and in the September robberies, he fled on a BMX bike.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

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