▲薩丁戴著老人麵具搶銀行。（圖／美國司法部）
美國佛州警方逮捕一名連續犯案的銀行搶匪，其外型看似年邁老人，“臉皮一扒”才露出真麵目，竟是戴著仿真麵具的40歲前科犯。
佛州中區聯邦檢察官辦公室上周公布資料顯示，40歲嫌犯薩丁（David Sartin, Jr.）今年在佛州搶劫2家銀行時，都戴著老人麵具靠近櫃台要求交出錢財，還叮囑行員不準放入“染料包”（Dye Packs），也就是歐美銀行用於應對劫案的無線電控製安全裝置。
今年8月24日，薩丁駕車到拉戈市（Largo）一間加油站，再換騎自行車靠近銀行。他得手2900美元後對行員預告“後會有期”，接著騎自行車返回車上，再急速駛離。
9月15日，薩丁在家鄉佛州聖彼得堡（St. Petersburg）另一家銀行搶走2554美元，不久後落網。
▲薩丁真實長相與這次被搜出的犯案工具。（圖／美國司法部）
警方在其住處查獲一輛自行車、深藍色西裝、黑色提包，都與他在第一起搶案中使用的物品高度相似。儲藏室搜出的背包內藏老人矽膠麵具、深色鏡框眼鏡、沾有黑色油漆的工作手套、一把仿製手槍等。
薩丁另一個住處搜出日記，封麵寫著“上帝最好的朋友是銀行搶匪”等不明字句，以及一個人高舉麵具的詭異畫作。
事實上，薩丁今年犯下2起銀行搶案時，正處於假釋監管期間。2016年他在德州戴著老人麵具犯下5起銀行搶案，2018年被判逾10年聯邦有期徒刑。2008年，他與同夥身穿萬聖節服裝犯案，留下企圖搶劫銀行罪的前科。
Serial Bank R%bber Who Served 10 Years In Prison For R%bbing Banks In ‘Old Man’ Masks Arrested Again For Same Crime a Decade Later A Florida man who spent more than a decade in prison for r%bbing banks while disguised as an elderly person has been arrested over allegations that he returned to the same crime with a similar mask years later. David Sartin Jr., 40, from St. Petersburg, was arrested by federal authorities over two alleged bank robberies in Florida, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Sartin allegedly r%bbed a bank in Largo on August 24 and another in his hometown on September 15. During both incidents, he reportedly wore a prosthetic old-man mask and demanded cash without dye packs. Investigators alleged that before the first r%bbery, Sartin drove around a nearby area, parked his vehicle, switched to a bicycle and rode to the bank. After collecting $2,900, he reportedly told the teller, “until we meet again,” before escaping on the bicycle and later driving away. He allegedly st%le another $2,554 during the second robbery. Surveillance footage reportedly showed a vehicle leaving Sartin’s home before the second incident and returning afterward. A man resembling the suspect was also allegedly captured unloading a bicycle. Investigators later observed Sartin spray-painting the vehicle’s white roof black. Searches of his home and storage unit reportedly uncovered a bicycle, clothing, bags, a fake handg¥n, gloves and disguise materials, including a grey-haired old-man mask and dark-framed glasses allegedly linked to the r%bberies. At another property where he occasionally stayed, authorities reportedly discovered another prosthetic mask and a 2021 journal titled, “God’s Best friend is a Bank R%bber! Uncle Henry Cops and Robbers the world through the eyes of a Bank R%bber.” Authorities said he had worn a similar elderly-person disguise during those robberies and used the same getaway vehicle. He was sentenced to slightly more than 10 years in federal prison.
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