End of the Line for the Infamous Cowboy Bandit
A string of 22 unsolved robberies in 2004 in Texas came to an end last week as police nabbed the Cowboy Bandit. When he returned to the scene of one of his earlier robberies, Travis County Credit Union, and approached the same teller, there was one important difference. The credit union had posted a "No hats, no sunglasses" robbery deterrence sign. According to a credit union employee, everyone had either adhered to the sign's polite request or had made a comment on it. Until the robber waltzed in with a cowboy hat and sunglasses on. (Previously, when he robbed the CU, he wore a baseball cap.) This time, all eyes were focused on the man blatantly ignoring the new security measure. Instead of making off with more loot, the bad boy and his accomplice got handcuffs instead from police who had been staking out several local financial institutions.



Someone Has to Know Who This Is
The man pictured below is suspected of having committed at least five bank robberies in Oklahoma and, who knows, maybe he's stealing from FIs in other states when he's not in Oklahoma. Someone has to know this guy. Take a good look.



For more information, and pictures of some of his other heists (as well as some other robbery suspects), click over to COCHA's Most Wanted.