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8 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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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.
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who → spend → 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.
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Office → nab → Florida
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.
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Sartin → accuse → 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.
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Office → approach → packs
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.
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he → determine → bank
After demanding cash, he got away with $2,900 and eerily said “until we meet again,” according to the criminal complaint.
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we → demand → complaint
Sartin then fled on his bicycle before getting in his vehicle and speeding away, the feds alleged.
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feds → flee → vehicle
Surveillance footage spotted a vehicle leaving Sartin’s home prior to the second robbery and returning sometime.
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vehicle → spot → robbery
A white man resembling the serial thief was captured unloading a bicycle, prosecutors alleged.
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prosecutors → resemble → bicycle
Sartin made off with $2,554, according to the criminal complaint.
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Sartin → make → complaint
The following day, investigators saw Sartin spray paint the car’s white roof black.
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Sartin → see → roof
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.
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Office → find → robbery
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, according to the release.
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that → find → release
A fake handgun and clothing consistent with Sartin’s disguise during the robbery were also found in the bags.
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handgun → find → bags
Investigators searched another property where the convicted thief occasionally stayed and found a different prosthetic mask and a journal “written by: David Sartin” in 2021 titled: “God’s Best friend is a Bank Robber!
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friend → search → 2021
Uncle Henry Cops and Robbers the world through the eyes of a Bank Robber.
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Henry → cop → Robber
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A drawing of a character holding up a mask alongside the handwritten phrase, “My face holding up uncle Henry, looking at it, Face to Face” was discovered in one of the journal’s pages.
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drawing → hold → pages
At the time of the Florida robberies, Sartin was on supervised release for a federal conviction in 2018 related to five bank heists in Texas in 2016.
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Sartin → relate → 2016
Sartin wore a similar elderly man mask during the 2016 robberies and used the same getaway vehicle that was used in Florida, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
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that → wear → Office
He was sentenced to a little over 10 years behind bars at a federal prison.
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He → sentence → prison
The serial thief was also convicted in federal court in 2008 of attempted bank robbery — where he and his co-conspirator tried robbing a bank wearing Halloween masks and disguises.
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he → convict → masks
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