

The Canadian Press





AURORA, Ont. - Police call him the Vaulter and Canada's bankers will announce today that they're doubling the reward for the bank robbery suspect.

Two Ontario police services -- York Regional Police and Peel Regional Police -- and the Canadian Bankers Association will hold a news conference in Aurora, Ont., to announce the $100,000 reward.

The robber is known as the Vaulter for the way in which he jumps over the counter during robberies, and he has been linked to 19 bank heists over a five-year period across Canada.

Investigators say they'll display new images and video of the Vaulter's recent robbery in Peel Region, west of Toronto.

Investigators from the Toronto area, Ottawa, Hamilton, and Calgary say they're working together to make images of the robber public in the hopes that someone will be able to identify him.

Last year, Toronto police Det. Sgt. Mike Earl described the suspect as very athletic -- jumping over bank counters like a hurdler while holding with a handgun.