Weat Midlands Police want to speak to him after fuel was stolen from a petrol station on Queslett Road in Great Barr on 1 June.
Later that day, the same car, a Vauxhall Grandland, which was on false number plates, travelled to Whetstone Lane in Aldridge, where goods were stolen from a shop and a woman was robbed of her handbag.
The man is described as around 5ft 7ins tall, with short dark hair and a small beard. He was wearing a grey hoody and dark trousers.
If you know who he is, contact WMP via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight or call 101 anytime quoting 20WS/136974A/19.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.