- FBI PHOTO “Geezer Bandit”
For the last 10 months the FBI believes an elderly man has been 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.
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
