Video id: "Geezer Bandit"

Is he a geezer or playing one on video evidence? As of the end of January 2011 the "Geezer Bandit" has committed 13 armed bank robberies. Witnesses estimate him to be between 60 and 70 years old. And he looks that old on the surveillance video. But there is a theory that he is a younger individual with a disguise.

Referring to another case that involved a recent mistaken identity on surveillance video the Associated Press explains how the Geezer Bandit could be a case of mistaken identity as well:

"Adding to the case's intrigue is the possibility that the elderly looking robber is not old at all. The theory gained traction after a white Ohio man admitted to robbing several banks while wearing a mask that looked like a black man. It was so realistic that police mistakenly arrested a man who had similar facial characteristics. Even the wrongly accused man's mother thought a photo she'd seen of the robbery suspect she'd seen on the news was her son."

(See our earlier post for a link to more on the earlier case of mistaken identity.)

Read more on the Geezer Bandit at the Associated Press.