HOUSTON – A man convicted Monday of robbing the in-store branch of First Community CU in September is believed to be responsible for as many as five armed robberies at grocery store credit union and banks in the area.
Kyle Puglisi, 27, was charged with multiple counts of bank robbery after allegedly robbing five banks located in various grocery stores throughout the Houston area between July and September of this year. The assailant became known to law enforcement as the Bearded Bandit” because of the heavy growth on his face.
Authorities arrested Puglisi on Sept.19, shortly after he robbed the First Community CU in a Spring HEB grocery store. Authorities seized a small amount of money and a pellet gun at the time of his arrest.
In another robbery at a Kroger store bank branch the assailant was reported to hide a gun inside a shopping cart.
