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FBI: ‘Bucket List Bandit’ Was Escambia County Man
September 16, 2012
The FBI says a bank robber known as the “Bucket List Bandit” is an Escambia County man, 54-year old Michael Eugene Brewster.
Brewster is suspected of robbing 10 banks in nine states from North Carolina to Arizona during the last three months. He was dubbed the Bucket List Bandit because of statements made to bank tellers that he only has months to live. Last week, the FBI launched a nationwide publicity campaign which ultimately led to a tip that identified Brewster as the bandit.
He was arrested by the Roland (Oklahoma) Police Department after running a stop sign near the Arkansas border. At the time of the arrest, Brewster was driving a vehicle reported stolen out of Florida, with a fictitious Utah license plate.
The bank robberies began after Brewster was evicted from the Torrey Village Apartments near I-10 and Davis Highway in Pensacola back in June.
During each of the robberies, the FBI said Brewster would approach bank teller, sometimes presenting a demand note. Sometimes he would allude to having a weapon, but a weapon was not seen in any of the robberies. The last robbery in which he was a suspect was September 10 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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9 Responses to “FBI: ‘Bucket List Bandit’ Was Escambia County Man”
Too bad he saw this as his only solution.
REGARDING:
“I don’t see where Henry Coe endorsed anything this man did,”
Please consider the wording of: “He had no where to live and no way to live, so why not rob banks?”
AND:
“the “threat of violence” is considered assault, a “violent act”, as in making physical contact, is considered battery…two VERY different things.”
So you say, yet legally battery is usually a misdemeanor and assault is a felony, meaning a worse thing in the eyes of the law.
David who can think of reasons to not rob banks
Jimbo, I don’t see where Henry Coe endorsed anything this man did, or any political affiliation. But maybe you guys are cousins or something and you know what’s in his head. I’d be surprised if that isn’t the exact excuse Brewster uses, regardless of his actual health. “I had nowhere else to turn.” Financial hardships, whether self-inflicted or as a result of poor decisions, can lead to a very bleak outlook.
I like that he wore his favorite bank-robbing shirt each time.
Perphaps in the moral sense the two are the same… but the “threat of violence” is considered assault, a “violent act”, as in making physical contact, is considered battery…two VERY different things.
The threat of violence IS a violent act.
Those who justify it in any form encourage its continuation.
Henry, excuses and blame, typical response from a govermnent loving Democrat. When you say “I’m not saying what he did is ok”, you are really releasing him from blame. In the eyes of the FBI, what he did is/was wrong and he’ll get every chance to prove himself innocent.
Hollywood will probably make a movie about him and present him as a hero.
if he really is dying, it wouldn’t be for very long. It would be my guess that what ever his physical problem is, that he is unable to work 40 hours a week to make enough money to live on and he probably isn’t old enough to collect SS and probably got turned down for SSI and Medicaid because in Florida, if you are a single male, the State of Florida just doesn’t care about you as a resident.
He had no where to live and no way to live, so why not rob banks? As crimes go, you are more likely to get health care in prison with committing a non-violent Felony. That sounds better then dying while living on the streets of Pensacola and having to panhandle.
I’m not saying what he did is ok, I’m just comparing the alternatives he likely did not have that could have made a difference.