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Saturday, August 02, 2008

Hasid impersonating bank robber pleads guilty 

The "Bad Hatter" may be wearing only a government-issued cap for the next nine years.

Thomas Kenney, who earned the nickname because of the various hats he wore while trying to rob 13 banks on Long Island and in New York City, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip to committing nine bank robberies and attempting four more.

In an apparent attempt to disguise himself, Kenney, 58, of East Northport, was photographed on surveillance cameras wearing a turban, an Indiana Jones-type fedora, and a black hat worn by many Hasidic Jews.

FBI agents said the robberies, which occurred between 2006 and this year, netted Kenney a total of $53,000.

During the robberies, Kenney told tellers he had either a bomb or a nerve gas canister.

In pleading guilty, Kenney told Judge Thomas Platt that the devices were "false ... not a loaded bomb ... a pretend bomb."

Kenney faces up to 9 years in prison as part of a plea bargain.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-lihat025786545aug02,0,3916134.story

Comments:
Don't you mean "Bank Robber impersonating Hasid pleads guilty"?

 

LIPA MADE HIM DO IT!

 

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