Queens, NY – Authorities have arrested a tall suspect wanted in a string of nine bank robberies in New York and New Jersey.
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He was dubbed the “Holiday Bandit” because he pulled several of the armed holdups during the holiday season.
Investigators say they captured him Tuesday after he was spotted driving a car stolen during a robbery of a bank in Edison, NJ.
The FBI says the 6-foot-5 suspect made off with more than $50,000 in some of his heists.
Marat Makhaylich was to be arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. The name of his lawyer was not immediately available.