I just want your large bills,
don’t set any alarms
or I will blow everybody’s … heads off
— and I’ll kill you, too.

female, 42, Pacific Continental Bank, Eugene OR, $1750
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** suspect later ID’d through DNA taken from bandana
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female, 42, Pacific Continental Bank, Eugene OR, $1750
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** suspect later ID’d through DNA taken from bandana

male, 30, Fifth Third Bank, Pontaic MI, 9:46a
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** suspect walked in and out of the bank 3 times, wedging door open with a stick; tellers notified police, arrested before he even passed the note

male, 20s, Peoples National Bank, Powdersville SC, 5p

** teller offered to help suspect take the money out to his car; he declined

male, 39, Regions Bank, Palm Bay FL, $17600
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** suspect robbed same bank 1 year later (!), arrested on anonymous tip after 3rd robbery

male, 47, Farmers Bank of Willards, Salisbury DE, $1785

** suspect arrested two days later after police traced rental car back to bandit’s girlfriend

male, 40s, Parkvale Savings Bank, Scott Township PA, 3:58p
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male, 39, Chase Bank, Sheffield Lake OH, 3:58p, $1845
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** suspect arrested day after robbery on parole violation (!)

male, 20s, Desert Schools Federal Credit Union, Mesa AZ, 3:16p
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male, late 20s, Fifth Third Bank, Roseville MI, $3000

female, 49, PNC Bank, Sharonville OH “the Bailout Bandit”

** left without money. Turned herself in the next day.