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Feds Increase Reward For "Buckeye Bandit"

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI and Crime Stoppers have increased to 10 thousand dollars the award being offered for information leading to the arrest of a bank robber they have dubbed the "Buckeye Bandit." FBI agents say the suspect committed robberies Columbus,  Gahanna, Worthington, Dublin, Upper Arlington and the OSU campus area starting in 2013. He is described as an African-American man, ages 25 to 30, around 6 feet tall and 180 to 200 pounds. The suspect frequently wears Ohio State University apparel during the robberies. The FBI has set up a tip line at 614–849–1896.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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