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A California man is scheduled for sentencing today by a federal judge for several Los Angeles bank robberies, including at least one in which he used a gun-shaped cigarette lighter.
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After a customer held up Peoples Bank, the president followed the man to his car, drew his firearm and detained the robber until the police arrived. "I told him he wasn't going anywhere," says David Thompson, who has a concealed weapons permit.
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A Virginia man allegedly impersonated a CIA official in an effort to recruit accomplices in a scheme to extort money from three banks.
September 28
The original Lone Ranger wore a mask while defending justice in the Wild West. The new Loan Ranger is wanted for committing armed bank robbery involving least a dozen financial institutions in four states and he's been showing his face to security cameras for the past four years.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for help in catching the so-called Loan Ranger Bandit, the agency
"We have a lot of good surveillance photos where he is looking directly at the camera," said FBI Special Agent Russell Di Lisi, who is coordinating the investigation from the FBI's Dallas Division. "Somebody out there has to know him or recognize him, and that's why we need the public's help."
The Loan Ranger most recently robbed the Santa Fe Community Credit Union in Temple, Texas, in July his second stick-up at that institution. A man fitting his description also struck a U.S. Bank (USB) branch in Louisville, Kentucky in May. The robber targets stand-alone branches with easy access to major roads and often hits the same places more than once, Di Lisi said.
Authorities gave the man his moniker because he wore a Texas Rangers baseball cap in an early robbery and targets financial institutions that make loans, according to the FBI's website.
