Plain Jane Bandit. Gone Plaid Bandit. Grandma Bandit.
Anyone who robs two more more banks in Los Angeles gets a nickname, Vanity Fair reports.
The idea is to help people keep track of the numerous bank robbers that are on the loose.
The practice began in the 1980s when Los Angeles was nicknamed “The Bank Robbery Capital of the World.”
The man who gets to nickname the robbers is Special Agent Steve May, the bank robbery coordinator for the bureau’s Southern California territory.
May names every robber and then adds the monickers in a database.
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