Can you help ID gunman wanted in 3 robberies at Costa Mesa drive-up ATM?
Three times in the past two months, a robber has held drivers at gunpoint and forced them to withdraw cash from a drive-up ATM in Costa Mesa, according to police.
Authorities are asking for help in identifying the man.
Police said the robber, described as 20 to 25 years old, walked up to the driver’s side of cars at the Wells Fargo ATM at Harbor Boulevard and Baker Street. Using a dark-colored semiautomatic handgun, he forced victims to withdraw cash and then fled on foot or a bicycle east on Dale Street, police said.
Investigators said the robberies occurred at 4:40 p.m. Dec. 17, 8:31 p.m. Dec. 20 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 14.
The man typically wears dark clothes, including a black baseball cap, a charcoal-colored beanie or a hooded gray sweat shirt.
Police said he may be white, Latino or Middle Eastern, 5-feet-10 to 6-feet-2 and 180 to 210 pounds.
Police asked that anyone with information about the robberies contact detectives at (714) 754-5363.
— Jeremiah Dobruck
Twitter: @jeremiahdobruck