Overview
- Federal authorities charged 40-year-old David Sartin Jr. with two counts of bank robbery after investigators linked him to robberies in Largo and St. Petersburg.
- The robberies, which occurred on Aug. 24 and Sept. 15, 2026, netted about $2,900 and $2,500 respectively according to the criminal complaint.
- Agents recovered a realistic prosthetic 'old man' mask, a second mask, clothing, a bicycle, a fake gun, a receipt and a handwritten journal that prosecutors say tie Sartin to the crimes.
- Investigators say surveillance and surrounding camera footage show a pattern of tradecraft: Sartin switched from a parked car to a bicycle to approach and flee banks and later altered the vehicle’s appearance, and he warned tellers to avoid dye packs.
- Sartin was arrested on a supervised-release warrant on Sept. 19 and faces up to 20 years in prison on each count if convicted; his earlier convictions include a 2018 federal sentence for five Texas bank robberies that prosecutors say show a repeated pattern of behavior.