A robbery was reported at a Wells Fargo branch on East Colfax Avenue. The FBI and Denver police are asking the public to help identify the person involved.
According to a crime alert from FBI Denver
, the robbery happened October 13. The FBI Denver post, dated Thursday, October 15, 2026, asks the public to help identify the suspect.
The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and the Denver Police Department are investigating the robbery, according to the FBI.
Bank Robbery Patterns
A broader analysis of bank robberies found that roughly 58% involved written notes, 14% featured a visible firearm, and about 3% involved violence, according to analysis from Pinkerton. That same analysis notes bank robberies tend to cluster on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays during daytime business hours.
East Colfax is home to several financial institutions. The corridor has seen repeated incidents at banks, according to historical reporting from CBS Colorado.
How to Submit a Tip
Anyone with information is being asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867). Tipsters can remain anonymous. Metro Denver Crime Stoppers' general program may offer eligible tipsters a reward of up to $2,000.
Metro Denver Crime Stoppers has been operating since 1981 and has helped lead to more than 3,300 arrests and cleared over 5,800 cases as of May 2024, according to Metro Denver Crime Stoppers. The organization offers an anonymous tip system and reward program at www.MetroDenverCrimeStoppers.com.
Bank Robbery Statistics
Pinkerton reports that law enforcement identified an average of 52% of bank robbery perpetrators in the years it analyzed. Nearly 90% of incidents were captured by surveillance cameras, according to Pinkerton.
The FBI's 2023 Bank Crime Statistics report tallied 1,362 total federal bank-crime violations nationwide, including 1,263 actual robberies, according to the FBI. Colorado has remained one of just four states, alongside California, Illinois and Texas, averaging 100 or more bank robberies annually between 2019 and 2023, per Pinkerton's analysis of federal data.
Federal law provides for a sentence of up to 20 years for robbing or attempting to rob a federally insured bank through force, intimidation, or a demand note under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), according to Eisner Gorin LLP.
