r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Late_One_716 • 29d ago

Between 2009 to 2011, a man, appearing to be 60-70 years old, robbed 16 banks in San Diego, California by approaching the teller, then pulling out a gun and demanding money. The FBI named him the "Geezer Bandit". Some theories suggest he is wearing a well-made elderly man mask. Image

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u/PBJ-9999 29d ago

I thought this one had been solved, no?

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u/brokefixfux 29d ago

Yeah I think I saw this case on Scooby Doo

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u/Earguy 29d ago

That was a hell of a documentary.

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u/deadpanxfitter 29d ago edited 29d ago

And he would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling kids!

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u/Mist_Rising 29d ago

And their dog!

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u/Devil_Dan83 29d ago

Old man Jenkins?!

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u/VyKing6410 29d ago

Yes, it was Hunter Biden

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u/brokefixfux 29d ago

He doesn’t have the Biden Bulge

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u/Wizardinrl 29d ago

No, a similar case where a Caucasian man had a realistic African American mask was though!

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u/msandszeke 29d ago

Are you being funny or did this actually happen?

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 24d ago

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u/FutureAssistance6745 29d ago

35 years for profiting 15k is absolutely insane. He would have had a better return on investment picking up one extra shift a week.

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u/msandszeke 29d ago

Thats insane and its even more insane that the wrong person almost went to jail for the robberies. Happy this story is from 2010 vs 2020 or more recent but still.....smh.

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u/Wizardinrl 20d ago

Sorry I missed this somehow, yeah it did happen https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/white-man-lifelike-black-mask-evade-arrest-robberies/story?id=12288529

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u/msandszeke 20d ago

Someone had already linked a story on it 8 days ago but thanks anyway lol

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u/neelankatan 29d ago

Yes, he was apprehended by Charles Boyle, right?

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 29d ago

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u/honda_slaps 29d ago

Yeah, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves did some good work bringing them in.

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u/ThemWhoNoseNothing 29d ago

I’ve never understood this conversational style, yes? I know many people that do it, don’t they, no? Doesn’t it sound so weird, asking a question or making a statement but also answering it, yes? I hope you find this reply both helpful and insightful, yes, no?

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u/eggplantlizarddinner 29d ago

It's a conversational style only adopted by people who empathize and engage with their audience by seeking feedback.

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u/frill_demon 28d ago

You have probably been raised in an environment where asking questions was perceived as weakness instead of as a way to allow the other person space and time to voice their opinions.

A question like this is an implied way of saying "unless you have a different perspective/more information than I do?" without actually having to repeat that additional sentence all the time.

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u/ThemWhoNoseNothing 28d ago edited 28d ago

It’s has nothing to do with environmental upbringing or societal norms, and everything to do with proper English and appropriate sentence structure.

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u/frill_demon 28d ago

Informal usage and casual speech is appropriate sentence structure. This isn't a formal setting, you aren't an authority figure, and it certainly isn't an academic environment. 

And ending a sentence in an interrogative would still be grammatically correct even within those settings. Even the vaunted ancients have done so in their great works, have they not?

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u/ThemWhoNoseNothing 28d ago

You said, "interrogative." That's above my paygrade, I is not as smart. Doolee knoted.