‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ sought in bank robbery
This screenshot shows a wanted man dubbed the "Mrs. Doubtfire" bandit because he was disguised as a woman during a bank robbery in Santa Cruz, Calif. (AP Photo/Santa Cruz Police Department)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. » Police have released surveillance images of a wanted man dubbed the "Mrs. Doubtfire" bandit because he was disguised as a woman during a bank robbery in California.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper reports the suspect was seen acting suspiciously Friday inside a US Bank branch in Santa Cruz.
He wore a wavy blond wig, thick-framed glasses and navy blue hospital scrubs, and carried a purse.
About an hour later, the same man in the same outfit handed a teller a note that demanded money at a second US Bank branch in Santa Cruz.
The suspect got away with an unknown amount of money.
Investigators say no weapon was seen, and nobody was hurt.
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Police dubbed the man "Mrs. Doubtfire," after the 1993 movie in which Robin Williams pretended to be a woman.
