By Joe Mandak
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — A man nicknamed the Bucket List Bandit by the FBI because he reportedly told a bank teller he had only months to live has been indicted on one of the 10 bank robberies he’s suspected of committing.
Michael Eugene Brewster, 54, faces a count of bank robbery for a Sept. 10 heist in Pennsylvania. A federal grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday.
Brewster faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. His federal public defender has refused to comment on the case.
The FBI has said Brewster is suspected of nine robberies in eight other states since June 21, but authorities couldn’t immediately say Wednesday whether or when he’ll be charged.
A teller in the Utah bank robbery claims the suspect told her, “I have four months to live” after passing her a note demanding money.
Brewster was arrested Sept. 13 by police in Oklahoma when an officer learned of the bank robbery arrest warrant after pulling him over for running a stop sign.
Nobody was hurt in the robberies, and the total amount of money taken hasn’t been released.