Serial bank robber wearing old man mask nabbed by feds for same crime 10 years later

A Florida man who spent a decade behind bars for robbing banks while disguised as an elderly person was busted for allegedly committing the same crime 10 years later — in a similar getup.St.

Petersburg local David Sartin, Jr., 40, was nabbed by the feds for allegedly robbing two Sunshine State banks earlier this year while wearing a prosthetic “old man” mask, the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced last Friday.Sartin is accused of robbing a bank in Largo on Aug.

24 and then another in his hometown on Sept.15, according to the criminal complaint.During both heists, Sartin allegedly approached the teller counter wearing the “old man” disguise and demanded money without dye packs, the US Attorney’s Office said.In the first robbery, investigators determined Sartin arrived at a nearby gas station and drove through the surrounding area before he parked, switched to a bicycle and approached the bank. After demanding cash, he got away with $2,900 and eerily said “until we meet again,” according to the criminal complaint.

Sartin then fled on his bicycle before getting in his vehicle and speeding away, the feds alleged. Surveillance footage spotted a vehicle leaving Sartin’s home prior to the second robbery and returning sometime.A white man resembling the serial thief was captured unloading a bicycle, prosecutors alleged.Sartin made off with $2,554, according to the criminal complaint.The following day, investigators saw Sartin spray paint the car’s white roof black.Investigators found a bike, blue suit and black bag during a search of his home which resembled items used during the first robbery, the US Attorney’s Office said.At Sartin’s storage unit, investigators found a backpack and laptop bag that contained several disguise items that were captured on surveillance footage during the robberies — including the old man mask with grey facial hair, dark-framed glasses and work gloves with black paint on them, acc...