Serial Robber Turned Himself In

NEW ORLEANS – A man who confessed to eight credit union and banks robberies in five states during a three-month spree last year was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay $26,608–the amount of money he stole in the eight heists.

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George Cuthbertson, 54, gave himself up to police in Denton, Texas, last June 10 after the last one, at Alabama CU in Tuscaloosa, Ala., when a witness took down his license number and authorities traced the getaway car to him.

Among the eight was a robbery at Carter FCU, in Springhill, La.


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