Man allegedly wearing 'old man' mask charged following bank robberies: Officials
A 40-year-old Florida man was charged after allegedly robbing banks while wearing an "old man" mask disguise.
David Sartin Jr., a previously convicted bank robber, is accused of robbing two separate banks in August and September of this year, in each case donning an "old man" mask while demanding money from the teller, according to an Oct. 16 press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of Florida.
According to the Oct. 14 criminal complaint and the U.S. Attorney's Office, during the investigation, law enforcement searched a storage unit belonging to Sartin Jr., which turned up a fake gun, along with a variety of items similar to those seen on the suspect in the bank robberies.
Among the items found was "an 'old man' mask with a grey mustache and grey whiskers, which matches the mask worn by the Subject during the robbery of Financial Institution #1... and Financial Institution #2," according to the complaint.
When law enforcement searched a residence where Sartin Jr. occasionally stayed, they discovered a journal, dated to Jan. 1, 2021, titled "God's Best friend is a Bank Robber! Uncle Henry Cops and Robbers the world through the eyes of a Bank Robber," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The office added the journal was "'written by: David Sartin'" and "One of the pages had a drawing of a character holding up a mask along with the handwritten phrase, 'My face holding up uncle Henry, looking at it, Face to Face.'"
"At the time of the robberies, Sartin Jr. was on supervised release for a 2018 federal conviction stemming from five bank robberies he had committed in Texas in 2016," in which he wore a "similar mask," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Sartin Jr. had also been convicted of attempted bank robbery in 2008, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
ABC News has reached out to an attorney for Sartin Jr. listed on his court docket.
