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FBI: Serial Bank Robber 'Brim Beanie Bandit' Strikes For Fifth Time

BOSTON (CBS) -- A man known as the "Brim Beanie Bandit" has struck again.

The FBI says the serial bank robber walked into the South Shore Savings Center in Stoughton on Monday morning and passed a note to the teller demanding money. Surveillance footage shows the man wearing a black brim beanie cap, black jacket, dark pants and black gloves.

He's described as being in his late 40s or early 50s and is approximately 5'7" tall and 150 pounds and is considered armed and dangerous.

The FBI says South Shore Saving Center is the fifth bank to be robbed by the bandit.

The four other robberies happened on:

12/10 around 11:25 a.m.: TD Bank, 516 Adams Street, Quincy;
12/13 around 10:40 a.m.: South Shore Bank, 1538 Turnpike Street, Stoughton;
12/19 around 11:37 a.m.: TD Bank, 95 Highland Avenue, Needham;
12/23 around 3:00 p.m.: Braintree Cooperative Bank, 1010 Washington Street, Braintree.

The FBI is offering a REWARD for information leading directly to the arrest and charging of the robber. Anyone with information regarding the robbery should call the FBI's Boston Division at (617) 742-5533 or Stoughton Police Department at (781) 344-2424.

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