Convicted serial bank robber disguised as ‘old man’ accused in Pinellas County heists

A 40-year-old St. Petersburg man faces up to 40 years in federal prison after authorities charged him with robbing two Pinellas County banks while wearing a prosthetic old-man mask. St. Petersburg bank robbery chargesFederal authorities charged David Sartin, Jr., 40, of St. Petersburg, with two counts of bank robbery following a criminal complaint, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe. Investigators said Sartin robbed a bank in Largo on Aug. 24 and another bank in St. Petersburg on Sept. 15. During both incidents, Sartin entered wearing a prosthetic "old man" mask with grey facial hair, approached the teller counter, demanded cash, and instructed tellers not to include dye packs. Federal bicycle bank investigationBefore the Aug. 24 robbery, investigators say Sartin drove to a nearby gas station, drove around the area, parked, and switched to a bicycle to approach the bank, according to court documents. After the robbery, he rode the bicycle back to his staged vehicle and drove a