This from the FBI's Infragard daily news bulletin:
17. January 28, Columbia Broadcasting System; Associated Press – (National) “Granddad Bandit” Michael Mara to plead guilty to bank robberies in Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas. The 53-year-old man dubbed the “Granddad Bandit” by the FBI will pleaded [sic] guilty to multiple bank robbery counts February 10, according to the federal prosecutor’s office in Richmond, Virginia. A representative of the federal public defender’s office confirmed January 26 that the suspect will plead guilty, but would not discuss details of the case. The man, who is suspected in 25 bank robberies in 13 states, is charged with two robberies in Virginia and has apparently agreed to plead guilty in Richmond to four robberies in Alabama and one in Arkansas. The man was captured at his home in Baton Rouge August 11, 2010 after the FBI and police received a tip from someone who identified the suspect as the “Granddad Bandit” and gave authorities photographs to match bank surveillance videos.
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20029800-504083.html
He may be a grandfather, but 53 seems pretty young from where I'm sitting. Still his record may qualify him as one of the "greats" in the FBI annals of bank robbers:
The lore and legends of bank robbery have spawned all manner of pop-cult products:
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