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'Bucket List Bandit' behind bars
Posted: 09.19.2012 at 3:46 AM
Joe Galli

Joe is a reporter for WNWO Today.

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The FBI suspects Brewster is responsible robbing off 10 banks in nine states.  / Roland, Oklahoma Police Department
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A man whom the FBI dubbed the "Bucket List Bandit" because he told victims he had a terminal illness is back behind bars.

Michael Eugene Brewster of Pensacola, Florida was arrested Thursday after running a stop sign near a casino in Roland, Oklahoma. The FBI suspects he is responsible robbing off 10 banks in nine states.

Ronald Brewster of Cincinnati told The Associated Press his brother may have "wanted to go down with a bang," but acknowledged he cut off contact with his brother years ago.

“As soon as I saw him on the computer, I knew they had the right name and face,” Ronald Brewster told the Washington Post.

Michael Brewster has a lengthy criminal record that includes prison stints in Ohio and Kentucky.

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