91 Year Old Man Arrested For Bank Robbery

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DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas police said have arrested a 91-year-old man suspected of robbing an Abilene bank, possibly making him the oldest bank robber in U.S. history.

J.L. Hunter Rountree, who goes by the nickname "Red," was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing about $2,000, Abilene police said.

They said they had no records to prove it, but they thought Rountree was the oldest person ever to rob a bank in the country.

Police said Rountree, who was not armed, asked a teller to stuff money into a large envelop with the word "robbery" written on it.

A witness took down the license number of his vehicle and he was arrested on a highway about 15 miles outside Abilene. He did not resist, police said.

If convicted, Rountree faces from two to 20 years in prison. He told police he needed the money and he had a grudge against banks, said Abilene police Sgt. Mike Perry.

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..so that he wouldn't, for example, accidentally use an envelope he had reserved for "the electric bill" or "writing my son to tell him what a jerk he is."

:bounce:

They said he was from Texas and they said he was unarmed.

DUH!

maybe he's so good he doesn't need a gun. Or doesn't think he needs a gun.

"When Senior Citizens Attack"

we may all be robbing banks by the time we're his age, just to pay the bills, groceries, prescriptions, etc. at the rate this economy is going.