AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department have identified Joseph Buchholz Cadena, 34, as the alleged robber in a bank robbery that occurred at a Bank of America along I-35 last month.
It was the third bank robbery in Austin this year.
APD officers responded to a call of a robbery at the Bank of America at 3900 N. I-35 at 4:25 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.
Upon arriving on scene, officers learned a suspect had entered the bank, demanded cash from the teller and left on foot, heading westbound on 39th Street with an undisclosed amount of cash.
According to police, a witness stated Cadena walked into the bank wearing a black hooding with black sunglasses. Police stated, Cadena passed a note to the teller that read, "10,000 in cash, no buttons, no police, no one will get hurt!" After passing the note, the teller stated Cadena said "You pressed the button," to which she responded she did not.
Another employee, who had walked over to the teller, handed Cadena the money from the register and Cadena walked outside.
The APD Robbery Unit and FBI conducted a joint investigation and identified the methods in the robbery on I-35 as being similar to another bank robbery, which occurred in Windcrest, Texas on Dec. 5, 2018.
After Cadena was identified as the robber in the Windcrest bank robbery through an anonymous tip, police were able to match his fingerprints to ones left on the note in the Bank of America robbery in Austin.
As of Friday morning, Cadena has not yet been arrested.
If you have any information regarding this robbery, please call CrimeStoppers or the APD Robbery Unit at (512) 974-5092.
