JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man and woman carjacked a female cab driver Thursday and then used the stolen cab as a getaway vehicle in a bank robbery on the Westside, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said.
Police said the man and woman got into the cab around the corner from a Wells Fargo on Normandy Boulevard around 11 a.m., then pointed a gun at the driver and told her to get out and walk toward the woods without looking back.
The driver did as she was told and the man and woman drove off, police said.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the carjackers headed straight to the Wells Fargo and came in armed with handguns and demanded money.
After they got the money, they told the teller and the one customer inside the bank to get on the floor and then drove off in the stolen cab -- a white Ford Escape, police said.
Investigators found the car abandoned shortly after the robbery at the intersection of Fouraker Road and Hogan Cove Drive. It was taken into evidence.
Police said no one was hurt in the carjacking or bank robbery.
The Sheriff's Office is looking for the man and woman, who are both described as white. The man, who has a goatee, was wearing a light blue button-down shirt with a dark-colored tie and white pants, black sunglasses and a white shemagh (Arabic male headdress). The woman was wearing black pants with a black jacket, black gloves and a black, white and gray hijab (Arabic female headdress).
Anyone with information about where the man and woman might be is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS or the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at 904-630-0500.
This is the 18th bank robbery of the year. JSO has made arrests in all 17 previous cases. Police attribute their success rate in closing bank robbery cases to detective work and involvement from the community.
