Serial financial institution robber who spent years in jail for robbing in ‘old man’ masks is arrested for identical crime 10 years later

A Florida man who spent a decade behind bars for robbing banks whereas disguised as an aged individual has been arrested for allegedly committing the identical crime 10 years later.

David Sartin, Jr., 40, was nabbed by the feds for allegedly robbing two Sunshine State banks this yr whereas carrying a prosthetic “old man” masks, the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida introduced final Friday, October 16.

Sartin is accused of robbing a financial institution in Largo on Aug. 24, 2026,after which one other in his hometown on Sept. 15, 2026, in line with the prison criticism.

During each theft incidents, Sartin allegedly approached the teller counter carrying the “old man” disguise and demanded cash with out dye packs, the US Attorney’s Office mentioned.

In the primary theft, investigators decided Sartin arrived at a close-by fuel station and drove via the encircling space earlier than he parked, switched to a bicycle and approached the financial institution.

After demanding money, he obtained away with $2,900 and mentioned “until we meet again,” in line with the prison criticism. 

Sartin then fled on his bicycle earlier than getting in his car and rushing away, the feds alleged.

Surveillance footage noticed a car leaving Sartin’s residence previous to the second theft and returning someday. A white man resembling the serial thief was captured unloading a bicycle, prosecutors alleged.

Sartin made off with $2,554, in line with the prison criticism.

The following day, investigators noticed Sartin spray paint the automotive’s white roof black.

Investigators discovered a motorcycle, blue swimsuit and black bag throughout a search of his residence which resembled gadgets used in the course of the first theft, the US Attorney’s Office mentioned.

At Sartin’s storage unit, investigators discovered a backpack and laptop computer bag that contained a number of disguise gadgets that have been captured on surveillance footage in the course of the robberies — together with the previous man masks with gray facial hair, dark-framed glasses and work gloves with black paint on them, in line with the discharge.

A faux handgun and clothes in step with Sartin’s disguise in the course of the theft have been additionally discovered within the baggage. 

Investigators searched one other property the place the convicted thief sometimes stayed and located a distinct prosthetic masks and a journal “written by: David Sartin” in 2021 titled: “God’s Best friend is a Bank Robber! Uncle Henry Cops and Robbers the world through the eyes of a Bank Robber.”

A drawing of a personality holding up a masks alongside the handwritten phrase, “My face holding up uncle Henry, looking at it, Face to Face” was found in one of many journal’s pages. 

At the time of the Florida robberies, Sartin was on supervised launch for a federal conviction in 2018 associated to 5 financial institution robberies in Texas in 2016.

Sartin wore an analogous aged man masks in the course of the 2016 robberies and used the identical getaway car that was utilized in Florida, in line with the US Attorney’s Office.

He was sentenced to a bit over 10 years behind bars at a federal jail.

The serial thief was additionally convicted in federal courtroom in 2008 of tried financial institution theft — the place he and his co-conspirator tried robbing a financial institution carrying Halloween masks and disguises.