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Naming bank robbers is an art, and the boys down at the FBI's Rocky Mountain Safe Streets task force in
Their latest is the JV Bandit, so named because he was wearing a varsity or letterman-style jacket during one of his robberies. The jacket is described a dark jacket with tan sleeves and has no noticeable markings. For a profile of the unit, which is charged with solving serial bank robberies in
The bandit, seen in the photo at left, is accused of holding up a U.S. Bank on
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