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		</div><h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>Serial bank robber dubbed the &#8216;Straw Hat Bandit&#8217; is arrested by FBI agents for &#8216;holding up 11 Pennsylvania banks and stealing $500,000&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>Richard Boyle, 57, who runs an aerial photography business, was arrested Thursday by FBI for a serial bank robbery spree, spanning four years</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>He is accused of holding up 11 banks from 2012-16 in the Philadelphia area, netting</strong></span><span style="color:#120101;"><strong> $495,686 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>Nicknamed the &#8216;Straw Hat Bandit&#8217; because of a straw hat disguise, he allegedly carried a firearm during stickups </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>The parolee who once held a $250,000 a year job, was convicted in 2008 for robbing eight banks, he was released in 2011 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>He&#8217;s charged with 11 counts bank robbery, 10 counts carrying a firearm during the holdups, 10 counts money laundering </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;"><strong>Faces 200 years in prison, if convicted </strong></span></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><img class=" wp-image-173708 alignleft" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/straw-hat-bandit-richard-boyle11.jpg" alt="'Straw Hat Bandit' richard Boyle1" width="354" height="419" />A convicted bank robber, dubbed the &#8216;Straw Hat Bandit&#8217;, by feds has been arrested again on suspicion of being responsible for a recent string of Pennsylvania bank robberies.<br />
Richard Boyle, [left, photo], who was convicted in 2008 of holding up eight banks, was arrested on similar charges by federal agents on Thursday.<br />
The FBI the 57-year-old parolee who was released in 2011, has robbed 11 banks in the Philadelphia area, which cost the victimized institutions almost $500,000. His second spell of robberies spanned from 2012 to 2016.<br />
Boyle from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was given the moniker, the &#8216;Straw Hat Bandit&#8217; for his disguise during the stickups, including a straw hat and mask, officials said.<br />
He was already in custody for a parole violation when he appeared before a federal judge on Thursday to be formally charged with 11 counts of bank robbery, 10 counts of carrying a firearm during the holdups, and 10 counts of money laundering.</p>
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<h6 class="container-36EYi vertical--v2Ug"><img class="alignnone wp-image-173704" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/straw-hat-bandit-richard-boyle7.jpg" alt="'Straw Hat Bandit' Richard Boyle7.jpg" width="692" height="652" /><strong> Richard Boyle [seen during a heist], runs an aerial photography business</strong></h6>
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<p class="imageCaption">Authorities slapped him with the counts of money laundering because Boyle allegedly laundered some of the stolen money through his photography business Sky Eye View, according to <a class="" href="http://6abc.com/news/bucks-county-man-charged-in-straw-hat-bandit-robberies/1895655/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ABC 6.</a><br />
In a four year span, Boyle is accused of stealing $495,686, with the largest robbery totaling $90,618 in early January of 2015 at a Wells Fargo Bank in Plymouth Meeting.<br />
Images from a surveillance video provided by the FBI show a disguised suspect robbing his marks including one from a PNC Bank hold up on July 2, 2016. Agents said Richard Boyle is the man behind the disguise.<br />
The parolee first delved back into robbing banks police said, a year after his 2011 release from prison, in June of 2012. Wearing his trademark ensemble of straw hat and cloth mask, he demanded cash and made off with $49,464.<br />
Investigators said the suspect&#8217;s last alleged robbery was in July of 2016 where he grabbed $32,744 in cash.</p>
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<h6 class="container-36EYi vertical--v2Ug"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-173706" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/straw-hat-bandit-richard-boyle51.jpg" alt="'Straw Hat Bandit' richard Boyle5.jpg" width="691" height="549" />Richard Boyle got his nickname the &#8216;Straw Hat Bandit&#8217; [photo], for his disguise during the stickups. The ensemble includies a straw hat and mask</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">If he is found guilty of the recent string of bank robberies, he faces 200 years behind bars.<br />
On his first sentencing, Boyle&#8217;s lawyer, Craig Penglase, reported his client being a troubled man who became unstable after he stopped taking his medication.<br />
<a class="" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/FBI-arrests-Straw-Hat-Bandit-for-11-suburban-bank-robberies.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Philly.com</a> reports the suspect&#8217;s former defense attorney telling the judge that his client stopped taking prescribed medication due to the death of his psychiatrist. Around the same time, he allegedly lost a $250,000-a-year job selling supplies to orthopedic surgeons. He then impulsively took his family on a two-year trek to various cities across the country, where they made their livings doing odd jobs.<br />
As opposed to declaring bankruptcy, the former salesman carved out a new career in robbing banks. The stolen money was used to pay off his bills, he claimed in court.<br />
If anything his financial woes have deepened since his first incarceration. He was ordered as part of his sentence to repay the $102,000 he stole during his first crime spree and his creditors are not letting up.<br />
One of the banks he robbed, Huntingdon Valley Bank in Warwick Township, secured a $40,000 judgment against him in 2008 to cover the cash he stole.<br />
For his current spate of robberies, Boyle was arrested last year October on a probation violation, after FBI agents and local police linked him to the more recent bank robberies.</p>
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‘Straw Hat Bandit’ strikes again! Paroled serial bank robber arrested by FBI for ‘holding up 11 Pennsylvania banks and stealing $500,000’
