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Article: 'Fishing Hat Bandit' may have been netted

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January 8, 2005
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EDINA, Minn. (AP) -- The FBI says it may have reeled in the "Fishing Hat Bandit," a bank robber who has pulled 23 holdups in the Twin Cities area over the past year and a half.

SWAT team officers Friday pulled a man out of a car trunk, where he was hiding with a pile of cash, a few hours after a credit union nearby was robbed. Police said the bank's president had followed ...

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