Serial bank robber 'scanner bandit' caught

ORANGE, Calif. Garry Allen Reeder, 47, is accused of pulling off four bank heists in Orange, Torrance, Whittier and Norwalk.

Working on a tip, police found Reeder last Friday in the city of Corona. An officer found him standing near a pay phone on 6th Street and Victoria Avenue.

He was arrested without incident. Reeder was booked at the /*Orange County*/ Jail and his bail was set at $1 million dollars.

Police dubbed him "the scanner bandit" because surveillance images of the bank robberies appear to show the suspect carrying a police scanner or similar device.

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