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Inmate charged in bank robbery
Farmer accused of leading double life as bank robber
A Port Townsend farmer and family man is accused of leading a double life. The FBI suspects he left his farm to travel the West Coast on a bank robbery spree. KING 5's Chris Ingalls reports.
The FBI has taken custody of a bank-robbery suspect dubbed the John Doe bandit and in custody in the Pierce County Jail was charged Friday in federal court in Tacoma with bank robbery and being armed at the time of a violent felony.
The FBI has taken custody of Michael John Fenter, 40, of Port Townsend, according to an FBI release. He had been arrested Oct. 8 after the robbery of a bank branch in Tacoma and was booked as John Doe when he refused to identify himself.
Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader's Web site, ptleader.com CQ, reported Fenter had family ties to the Compass Rose Farm, which had a local reputation for teaching people about healthy living and farming. KING TV reports that Fenter is a well-known farmer from Port Townsend.
The FBI said Fenter is being investigated in connection with other bank robberies this year in San Francisco, Sacramento and Seattle.
In the Oct. 8 holdup, the robber said he had a bomb. When he was arrested, Fenter was armed with a gun and an explosive device, according to The Associated Press.
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