'Sun Hat Bandit' suspect in custody

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'Sun Hat Bandit' suspect in custody
SAN DIEGO, (UPI) -- A 19-year-old San Diego woman was arrested on suspicion of robbing three financial institutions on the same day, the FBI said.

The suspect, Victoria Wilkerson, allegedly told tellers at two banks and a credit union she had a gun, and she wore the same distinctive hat in all three May 10 robberies, earning her the moniker, "Sun Hat Bandit," the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

Separately, police arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of robbing banks in San Diego and Oceanside. In one of the robberies, San Diego police said, he was accompanied by a woman wearing the head covering similar to that of the Sun Hat Bandit.

Six percent of bank robberies nationwide are committed by women, FBI statistics indicate.
 
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