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Jul 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM PDT
COOS BAY, Ore. -- A man police consider armed and dangerous is wanted in connection with bank robberies in Coos Bay and Woodburn, Ore.
The Coos Bay Police Department said Dean John Perri, 39, shown at right, is wanted on suspicion he robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Coos Bay, Ore., on Friday.
They also identified Perri as a person of interest in an armed robbery in Woodburn, Ore., on Monday.
Anyone with information regarding Dean Perri should contact their local police department immediately, police asked. Perri is considered armed and dangerous and should not be confronted, according to police.
Police described Perri as over 6-feet tall, medium build with numerous tattoos.
Police said Perri is associated with a green 1993 Ford Taurus with Oregon license plate 615 ACS.
Similarities between Coos Bay, Woodburn robberies
The FBI and the Woodburn Police released bank surveillance photos of a man and a getaway vehilce believed involved in a bank robbery Monday at approximately 10:28 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank located at 2600 Newberg Highway in Woodburn, Ore.
The subject displayed a note and a gun in his waistband and escaped in a green Ford Taurus "SHO" with a fin on it.

The FBI and Woodburn Police Department did not identify Perri as the suspect but issued a number of surveillance photographs:



The man in the pictures looks similar to the man in surveillance photos from the robbery in Coos Bay (below).

Witnesses describe the man in the Woodburn robbery as 30, 6-foot-4, about 180 pounds with a goatee.
Anyone with information on the Woodburn bank robbery is asked to call the FBI in Salem at (503) 763-7501 during normal business hours; the FBI in Portland at (503) 224-4181 24 hours a day; or the Woodburn Police Department at (503) 982-2345.
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