FBI agents arrested the suspected "Barrel Chested Bandit" in Tucson Tuesday at a hotel, according to federal court documents.
Anthony James Lane, 50, was arrested without incident by federal agents with the assistance of Tucson Police Department officers, states a news release.
Lane is a suspect in 11 bank robberies across Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado between Aug. 24, 2016 and Feb. 4, 2017, officials say.
The robberies started on Aug. 24 at the Arizona Central Credit Union at 787 S. Alvernon Way, north of East 22nd Street, authorities said. The robber wore a baseball cap in all the robberies, and sunglasses in six of the robberies, said authorities.
During each incident, the man pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the teller before leaving the bank on foot. No one was injured in the robberies.
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According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court, the FBI says Lane robbed Arizona Central Credit Union of $4,665.
During the robbery, a man approached the teller counter, pulled out of his waistband what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun, and pointed the weapon at the teller.
He demanded that the teller give him all the money, and then he left the bank.
After that robbery, bank robberies were committed in the other states, according to the complaint. Earlier this month, the FBI put out multi-state news releases for the robber dubbed the Barrel Chested Bandit, and based on a tip Feb. 14 agents spoke to three former co-workers of Lane in Tucson.
The three reviewed video surveillance photos of the Arizona Central Credit Union robbery and "positively identified Lane as the person depicted in the photo," according to the court document.
On Tuesday, Lane was located at a Tucson Quality Inn and during an interview with FBI agents Lane admitted to the Arizona Central Credit Union robbery, and the other robberies in the four other states, states the complaint. Â
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