FBI May 2010 Missouri photo
UPDATE: On August 11, 2010, investigators closed in on the man believed to be the suspect. He is identified as 53-year-old Michael Mara and was taken into custody in Baton Rouge.
The FBI says the suspect usually hands tellers a note demanding money and threatening to have a weapon. He may be traveling in a silver sports utility vehicle. The suspect may be between 50 and 60 years old, weighs about 230 pounds and may be 6 feet tall.
A $25,000 reward is offered for any information leading to his arrest.
Meanwhile, for the last 11 months the FBI has been hunting in Southern California for another suspect dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” He appears to be an elderly man robbing banks. Most of the hits have been in San Diego County, and one in Riverside County. His latest heist was at a Bank of America in Temecula, California. If you take a close look at the photos, the suspect looks like someone’s grandpa, but the FBI says this grandpa is a gun-wielding bandit. He is known to carry a small caliber pistol inside a leather case, and has threatened tellers that he will use it if they don’t cough up the cash. Once he gets what he wants, the suspect walks out of the bank.
FBI PHOTO "Geezer Bandit" suspect
Agents believe the white male is between 60-70 years old, he’s fairly tall, standing about six feet, and weighing just less than 200 pounds.
From the FBI’s website:
“The Geezer Bandit is believed to be responsible for robbing the following banks:”
August 28, 2009 – US Bank
9643 Mission Gorge Rd., Santee
September 12, 2009- San Diego National Bank
7877 Ivanhoe, La Jolla
October 9, 2009 – US Bank
4627 Carmel Mountain Rd., San Diego
October 26, 2009- Bank of America
17008 Avenida de Acacias, Rancho Santa Fe
November 16, 2009- Bank of America
7680 Girard Ave., La Jolla
January 27, 2010 – San Diego National Bank
1075 Rosecrans, San Diego
April 20, 2010 – California Bank & Trust
140 Escondido Ave., Vista
April 30, 2010- US Bank
1301 E. Vista Way, Vista
May 11, 2010- Bank Of America
9711 Mission Gorge Road, Santee
June 7, 2010- US Bank
14837 Pomerado Road, Poway
June 24, 2010 – Bank of America
31934 Highway 79, South, Temecula
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