Feb 1, 2008 2:06 pm US/Pacific
Santa Ana Police Say 'Hobo Bandit' Behind Bars
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A teller at a Santa Ana bank branch allegedly hit by the so-called Hobo Bandit, made this artist rendition of the perp. The Hobo Bandit is now behind bars, say police.
CBS
The alleged "hobo bandit" suspected of bank robberies in Santa Ana and Lake Forest, where one teller memorialized his image in a painting, was behind bars Friday, police said.
Kirby Dean Guyette, 52, was taken into custody yesterday about 5 p.m.,
along with his alleged getaway driver, Jack Paine, also 52, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Jose Gonzalez.
Guyette, described as a "local transient," is suspected of carrying out bank heists in the two cities and an aborted robbery at the same Bank of
America branch in Santa Ana he allegedly hit three days earlier, Gonzalez said.
A teller at one Washington Mutual branch, painted a likeness of the bandit. The teller was told Thursday he could not talk to reporters about the robbery or his art work or he would "lose" his job.
Because the bandit struck twice at the Santa Ana bank at 17th Street and Tustin Avenue, the department's Strike Force Team fanned out Thursday looking for a getaway vehicle that had been described by witnesses, Gonzalez said.
The van, with Guyette and Payne inside, was spotted in the area of First and Hickory streets and the men were arrested, Gonzalez said.
The robber's unkempt appearance prompted the hobo bandit moniker, authorities said.
In the WaMu holdup, the robber carried a briefcase he put the cash into, Amormino said, adding that the bandit, who was wearing a bulky coat, said he had a gun but did not show it.
The Bank of America branch was robbed on Jan. 22, Amormino said.
Three days later, Guyette allegedly returned to the same branch and tried to rob it again. But the teller told him that he had already robbed the bank and to scram -- which he did, Amormino said.
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