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A man arrested yesterday in connection with a Denver bank robbery is suspected of being the so-called “Beanie Bandit.”
Colorado Capital Bank, 55 Madison St., was robbed about 10 a.m. yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. A man gave a teller a note demanding and cash and warned that he was armed.
He took off with the money.
Denver police were called and stopped a car whose driver matched the suspect description.
Jeffrey Dean Bates, 43, was arrested at the scene.
The FBI said it is investigating whether Bates is linked to a series of bank robberies carried out by the so-called “Beanie Bandit.”
