An anonymous source telephones the FBI to identify
a person responsible for a string of bank robberies in the Seattle,
Washington
area. Prior to this tip, the only fact known about the robber is that
he worked with an accomplice because he always enters the passenger
side of the getaway car. Because he was masked, the robber could not
be identified
and witnesses never had a clear view of the driver.
The tipster identified
the robber as James Bluefield. Investigators search N DEx for Bluefield
and find incarceration records on him from two previous
prison sentences. The records identify his past cell mates. Investigators
then use N DEx to view the results geographically, associating Bluefield’s
ex-cell mates with the area where the robberies occurred. N DEx identifies
four ex-cell mates now living in the Seattle area. Two of the four
former cell mates Michael Brooks and Tony Green, met Bluefield in prison
while
serving time for bank robbery. Investigators show mug shots of Brooks
and Green to bank employees. One employee recognizes Brooks as a customer
she assisted with a loan inquiry the day before the robbery. |
