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'Bad Wig Bandit' Back At It, Robs 4th NC Bank

FBI
FBI suspects the same man has worn four different wigs while robbing North Carolina banks in the past month.

The man dubbed the "Bad Wig Bandit" for his propensity to wear distinctive wigs while robbing banks has struck again, the FBI said. 

Bad Wig Bandit bank robber
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This surveillance video photo shows a man wearing a straight, dark wig as he robbed a Hendersonville bank Thursday.

According to the FBI, a man who wore a straight, brown wig robbed a BB&T Bank in Hendersonville on Thursday at about 4:45 p.m.

The man, who is about 5-feet-4 inches, was wearing a shoulder-length black wig and a black, puffy jacket when he entered the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. He left with an undisclosed amount of money.

The same man is suspected to have robbed three other banks in the Charlotte area in the past month -- a BB&T Bank in Huntersville on Dec. 13, a New Horizon Bank in Belmont on Jan. 8 and a Wells Fargo Bank in Gastonia about five hours after the Belmont robbery.

The FBI previously released three surveillance photos of the suspects from the robberies. In Huntersville, his hair is a blonde bob; in Belmont, it is long and bright red; in Gastonia, it is curly and dark.

Jodie Valade has been a Digital News and Engagement Editor for WFAE since 2019. Since moving to Charlotte in 2015, she has worked as a digital content producer for NASCAR.com and a freelance writer for publications ranging from Charlotte magazine to The Athletic to The Washington Post and New York Times. Before that, Jodie was an award-winning sports features and enterprise reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. She also worked at The Dallas Morning News covering the Dallas Mavericks — where she became Mark Cuban's lifelong email pen pal — and at The Kansas City Star. She has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University and a Master of Education from John Carroll University. She is originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan.