You’ve gotta give credit to the feds for coming up with creative names for villains. Or at least points for trying.
Today, the FBI’s Bank Robbery Task Force, along with the Phoenix Police Department, is calling the latest serial bank robbery suspect the Blues Bandit.
Hey, these guys like a good classic film and pizza during those slow, lonely shifts at the Bureau, just like the rest of us.
Maybe it’s the fedora. Maybe it’s the crisp, collared button-down shirt and the thin, dark tie. He looks like he came straight from the set of The Blues Brothers.
The "Blues Bandit" as seen on surveillance footage. He's blamed for eight bank robberies in the Phoenix area in four months.
Courtesy of the FBI
He's targeted Desert Schools Federal Credit Unions, US Bank, and Academy Bank.
Police say he was seen driving a four-door red or maroon sedan, or possibly a Mitsubishi or a white Chevy Tahoe.
He wears dress clothes, a black fedora, and glasses. In each case he enters a store with a bank branch and hands the employee a note demanding loot.
The FBI, in its classic just-the-facts-ma’am approach to life, pointed out on a public announcement video, in which he looks like he’s hitting a Walmart, “Note: dark hair, dark framed glasses, fedora, dark gloves.”
“Note: gauge or earring in right ear.”
It goes on like that. Well, see for yourself.
The "Blues Bandit" as seen on surveillance footage. He's blamed for eight bank robberies in the Phoenix area in four months.
Courtesy of the FBI
Note to Dan Aykroyd: Eat your heart out.
Note to police: Let’s hope you’re better at driving in the real world.
