'Fedora Bandit' makes first bank robbery of 2009

INTO 2009--AND ALREADY THERE'S a BANK ROBBERY. IT'S THE FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR IN NEW MEXI...  More »

INTO 2009--AND ALREADY THERE'S a BANK ROBBERY. IT'S THE FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR IN NEW MEXICO... JEREMY JOJOLA IS LIVE AT THE ALBERTSON'S AT CENTRAL AND TRAMWAY WITH PICTURES OF THE ROBBER AND WHY HE'S FAMILIAR TO THE FBI. IT'S TONIGHT'S TOP STORY. JEREMY? INSIDE THIS SUPERMARKET THIS MORNING---A MAN WALKED UP TO THE WELLS FARGO, AND TOLD THE TELLER HE HAD A WEAPON. THE FBI SAYS THEY'VE SEEN THIS ROBBER BEFORE. HE WEARS A BROWN HAT, THAT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE A FEDORA, AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DARK TRENCH COAT. FOR NOW, HE'S CALLED THE FEDORA BANDIT... THE YOUNG MAN, BELIEVED TO BE IN HIS TWENTIES, MADE OFF WITH SOME CASH... NOBODY WAS HURT. THIS IS THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR 2009--AND FOR THE STATE TOO. 'these guys generally walk away with a few hundered dollars, well under a couple thousand dollars, and are risking serious injury, and very serious jail time.' LAST YEAR BANK ROBBERIES SPIKED DRAMATICALLY IN 2008 ....DOUBLING TO 66 ROBBERIES. TONIGHT AT SIX A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND WHY WE MAY BE SEEING MORE BOLD CRIMINALS HITTING BANKS. LIVE IN NE ALBUQUERQUE, JJ EYEN4. A SNOWBOARDER  « Less