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The Man Arrested for a String of Recent Bank Robberies Is a Bushwick Resident

Police spotted and arrested him in Queens after he attempted to rob a bank in Manhattan.

The Man Arrested for a String of Recent Bank Robberies Is a Bushwick Resident

The Man Arrested for a String of Recent Bank Robberies Is a Bushwick Resident

Police spotted and arrested him in Queens after he attempted to rob a bank in Manhattan.

The Man Arrested for a String of Recent Bank Robberies Is a Bushwick Resident
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Robert Pozarycki

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This article originally appeared on QNS.com.

The Brooklyn man dubbed the “Coast to Coast Bandit” by authorities for allegedly robbing banks in New York and Los Angeles — including two banks in Elmhurst this week — has been caught.

According to police, 50-year-old Jon P. Waulters of Porter Avenue in Bushwick was busted shortly after making the second of two bank robbery attempts in Manhattan on May 17. Law enforcement agents additionally charged him with five other heists in Manhattan dating back to March of this year and two attempted robberies at banks near the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst on Monday afternoon, May 15.

The FBI nicknamed Waulters the “Coast to Coast Bandit” because he is also believed…

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