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FIFTH THIRD ROBBER IDENTIFIED AS "SOCK HAT BANDIT"; FBI OFFERS REWARD

(Connersville, IN)--Here’s more on the robbery of the Fifth Third Bank in Connersville that we told you about Wednesday.  Investigators now say the bank was held up by a man known as the “Sock Hat Bandit”.  He’s wanted by the FBI for ten bank robberies since April that have occurred in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.  He made off with $1800 in Connersville on Tuesday.  The FBI has now offered a $5000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the “Sock Hat Bandit.”