{"id":4014,"date":"2010-04-24T23:09:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T23:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.dropcents.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/unmasked-the-white-robber-who-used-a-black-mask\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T07:37:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T07:37:39","slug":"unmasked-the-white-robber-who-used-a-black-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dropcents.com\/blog\/unmasked-the-white-robber-who-used-a-black-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmasked: The white robber who used a black mask"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A robber who marauded in a high-quality mask that made him appear African-American was no match for Ohio cops.<\/p>\n

Conrad Zdzierak, 30, has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated robbery after robbing four banks and an a CVS pharmacy on April 9, reports ABC News affiliate WFTS in Tampa.<\/p>\n

Detectives say Zdzierak was initially able to elude the cops because of his disguise, an expensive silicon mask called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Player\u00e2\u20ac\u009d valued at around $650.<\/p>\n

“The suspect seen in the surveillance photographs and that we were looking for, we believed to be an African-American male. The suspect was actually a male, white, who was wearing an elaborate disguise,” Springdale, Ohio, Police Lt. Michael Mathis told WFTS.<\/p>\n

Investigators believe Zdzierak likely removed the mask between the robberies in order to confuse the cops who believed they were looking a black man.<\/p>\n

The authorities caught a break when they spotted a Volvo with its interior splattered with red dye from a dye pack slipped into a bag used to hold the stolen money.<\/p>\n

Police found Zdzierak hiding in a motel bathroom.<\/p>\n

“He wore what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m calling a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHollywood quality\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mask,” Mathis said. “These things cost $600-$700.”<\/p>\n

Police arrested Zdzierak and charged him with six counts of aggravated robbery.<\/p>\n

“You are the type of villain we read about in novels and see in the movies,” Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Melissa Powers told Zdzierak in court last Friday.<\/p>\n

Zdzierak is being held on $3 million bond.<\/p>\n

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A robber who marauded in a high-quality mask that made him appear African-American was no match for Ohio cops. Conrad Zdzierak, 30, has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated robbery after robbing four banks and an a CVS pharmacy on April 9, reports ABC News affiliate WFTS in Tampa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[887,888],"class_list":["post-4014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bank-robber","tag-masked-man","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t