Geezer Bandit suspected in 5 bank robberies

[Keith Ranville]

CBC News

An elderly, grey-haired man known as the Geezer Bandit is suspected of robbing five California banks beginning in the summer.
This bank surveillance video taken Monday shows an elderly man, nicknamed the Geezer Bandit, during his most recent bank robbery at a Bank of America branch in San Diego.This bank surveillance video taken Monday shows an elderly man, nicknamed the Geezer Bandit, during his most recent bank robbery at a Bank of America branch in San Diego. (FBI/Associated Press)

The man, who is believed to be in his 70s, has been robbing banks at gunpoint in the San Diego area, FBI investigators say.

He most recently held up a Bank of America branch on Monday, demanding cash and then taking off on foot.

FBI spokesperson Darrel Foxworth said the septuagenarian stick-up artist is believed to have robbed four other banks in the county since Aug. 28.

He often wears a hat or cap, and was seen lugging around an oxygen tank during one of his capers.

Police aren't saying how much money the man has stolen so far.

There is a $16,000 US reward for information that leads to his arrest and conviction.
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[Jana Merrill]

Wow, that must be pretty embarrassing for the banks to be robbed by this guy. I suppose he can outrun the security guards, too?

[Keith Ranville]

Maybe its a disguise?