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GREENVILLE — Law enforcement agencies looking for a suspect they believe has robbed at least 11 banks in Indiana and Ohio are organizing a special reward for information leading to the man's arrest and conviction.

Dennis Butts, chief of police in Greenville where the same bank was robbed twice, said the reward is "in the neighborhood of $10,000" as of Monday afternoon.

The Greenville National Bank was robbed Saturday, July 5, by a man suspected in a March 7 at the same location and at other banks in Indiana and Ohio, police said.

About 8:30 a.m. Saturday, police say a masked man with a handgun fled the bank at 480 Wagner Ave. with an undetermined amount of cash. A car believed to have been used in the getaway was recovered nearby, police said.

On Friday, March 7, a car was found nearby after the same North Town branch was robbed about 9:50 a.m. by a single man with a handgun.

According to Special Agent Harry Trombitas of the Columbus office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the robber in 11 incidents is described as a white male in his 20s or 30s. He is between 5 foot 8 and 6 feet tall and of medium build.

Butts said there were "striking similarities" between the two robberies, and among other robberies attributed to the same suspect.

In each case, the robber used a recently stolen vehicle as a getaway car. The robberies were all committed between 9 and 11 a.m., police say. A white Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight and an exploded dye pack was recovered shortly after the Saturday robbery, according to reports.

Police believe the robber is cooperating with several other people to commit the crimes.

Trombitas said any person with information on the robberies should call Greenville police at (937) 548-1103; Muncie, Ind., police at (765) 747-4867; or the Dayton FBI office at (937) 222-7485.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2395 or jcummings@DaytonDailyNews.com.