This Bandit is No Gentleman

A patron wearing a dark suit and fedora and smoking a pipe while he waits for a teller, may not be a gentleman after all, but a serial robber who has stumped investigators over the past two months.

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Dubbed the "Gentleman Thief," he allegedly began with a robbery last month at Arsenal CU, then hit at least four more area financial institutions.

When he gets to the teller, he usually opens his appointment books and pulls out a note that he calmly hands over saying, 'This is a robbery, I have a gun, don't be stupid." So far, though, the Gentleman has not showed a gun.


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