Reward offered for capture of “bearded-bandit"

Posted: 07/20/12 at 7:40 am EDT      Last Updated: 07/20/12 at 7:52 am EDT

UNDATED (WHDH) -- There's a $5,000 reward for the capture of the so-called "bearded bandit."

Police in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are teaming up with the FBI to track him down.

They said he's robbed four banks since February in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Investigators said in each case the man tells the teller he has a weapon and demands cash.

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