Suspected 'Irreconcilable Differences' bandit nabbed in Glendale
It's bound to happen sooner or later -- five banks in four days and you're just asking to get caught...
GLENDALE - The suspected "Irreconcilable Differences" bandit, suspected in 16 bank robberies, was arrested today after trying to hold up a Wells Fargo Bank branch, officials said.The unidentified suspect, who matches the description of the robber in 16 other Southland bank heists since December, was nabbed in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant near the scene of today's robbery, said Laura Eimiller of the FBI.
The "Irreconcilable Differences Bandit" robbed the Newport Beach branch of California National Bank on Monday, two days after holding up a Citibank branch in Santa Barbara, according to the FBI.
He also tried to rob a Burbank bank Friday, but did not receive any cash from the teller. He robbed another bank in Burbank, then a bank in Glendale later that day, escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash.
In addition to the bank robberies, he is also suspected in a street robbery in Beverly Hills.
He got his nickname from his first bank robbery on Dec. 22 in Beverly Hills, when he told a teller he was going through a divorce and needed help wiring money, requesting that the transfer be done in such a way that his estranged wife's attorney would not learn of it.
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