A bank robber who likes to dress-up as a scarecrow is on the run!
A 6-foot tall, 250-pound dark haired man, who dresses like a scarecrow, with mud painted on his face complete with a broomstick on his robbery spree, has been dubbed as the "Scarecrow Bandit," by the Hoffman Estates Police.
The innovative robber has already hit two northwest suburban facilities, waving a sawed-off wooden broomstick while demanding cash, FBI officials said.
The thief robbed a Citibank in Hoffman Estates in late June, smearing his face with mud and additionally shielding his face with a full brimmed, camouflaged coloured floppy hat, officials said, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The man said to be middle-aged ditched the plain shirt and ragamuffin accessories for an all black ensemble hitting a bank again in Hanover Park on July 18, authorities said.
After taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the lone teller on duty, the man fled in a customer's car, which was later found abandoned a few blocks away, the police said.
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