bodich, that may be the secret to his success. he is not coming in looking like a thug. some people have good situational awareness. some people don t. some people go in and they re in their own world. they re not paying attention, they re on the cell phone, whatever they re doing. the geezer walks in, most people don t give him a second look because he appears to be very nonthreatening. he appears to be an older gentleman who is there to do his banking. he is quiet. he is surgical. he approaches one teller. he is in, he is out, and he moves on. those are the difficult ones to catch. there is also a possible twist speculation that the geezer bandit may not actually be a geezer at all, but a young man or woman wearing a mask. that is not uncommon for bank robbers at all. many of them wear masks. we ve had people dress up like women. they re actually men. and we ve had people wear halloween masks, et cetera.
january 28th, 2011. it s a scene caught on bank surveillance camera. an elderly man walks into a bank in goleta, california. he stands in line, walks over to the teller, and when he gets to the counter, he casually pulls out a gun and demands money. when the teller complies, the old man takes his loot and simply strolls out the door. it all plays out right in front of customers and bank employees, most of whom are completely unaware that a robbery has even taken place. though he may look like a harmless grandpa, this sinister senior is currently one of the fbi s most sought after fugitives. he is known as the geezer bandit. the geezer bandit is a white male. his appearance makes him appear
but by robbery number four, the geezer bandit decides he needs to step up his game. october 26th, 2009. surveillance video shows the geezer bandit walking into a bank in rancho santa fe, california. after heading to the counter, he hands the teller a note, and this time he also uses a gun. our theory, and i think it s a very strong one, is he wasn t getting a lot of money on the first three robberies. he realized that if he carried a firearm and threatened to use that firearm, and he was correct in doing so, that he would get more money in the takes. however, what he may or may not realize is that as soon as he took that gun inside the bank, he just increased his penalties under the federal sentencing guidelines and the state sentencing guidelines. but it s not just the threat of the gun that makes the geezer bandit so menacing. take a look at this surveillance footage from november 16th, 2009. the geezer bandit hands a note
the geezer walks in, most people don t give him a second look because he appears to be very nonthreatening. he appears to be an older gentleman who is there to do his banking. he is quiet. he is surgical. he approaches one teller. he is in, he is out, and he moves on. those are the difficult ones to catch. there is also a possible twist speculation that the geezer bandit may not actually be a geezer at all, but a young man or woman wearing a mask. that is not uncommon for bank robbers at all. many of them wear masks. we ve had people dress up like women. they re actually men. and we ve had people wear halloween masks, et cetera. not unusual at all for a bank robber. do we believe that could be the case? it certainly could. we are considering all the possibilities. put it that way. the bandit may be old-school, but his fans are on the social media bandwagon. there are facebook pages supporting the geezer bandit.
and if fans want to show off their loyalty, there are hats and mugs that read geezer bandit for president. even dogs can find their very own geezer bandit t-shirts. people will enter their entries on the facebook pages. one individual actually says to him on the facebook entries, god bless you. i have a hard time believing that god would smile on geezer bandit s actions. there is a backlash against many of the banks right now and some people are actually seeing this guy as a kind of robin hood. robin hood he is not. at the end of the day, he walks into a bank with a gun. what happens if something goes wrong in there? someone could get killed because of his actions. the folk status may actually harm him. with the use of these surveillance videos and images, the fbi hopes all the exposure and even his nickname will make it easier for the public to identify him, and ultimately easier for them to catch him. we like to name them as quickly as possible because it