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Paul Whooten, 59, admitted on Thursday, Jan. 12, to robbing a Rockland Truck Bank in 2019, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.
Investigators said Whooten entered the Hyde Park branch wearing “a long dark coat, black reflective jacket, a black knit hat, black sunglasses, and gloves," carrying what appeared to be a rifle, authorities said.
"Give me all of your money," he told the teller, before escaping with more than $13,500 in cash in a bag.
He didn't get to keep his score long. Police noticed him in street clothes a short time later still with the rifle in his hands and arrested him, authorities said. The rifle was a bb gun.
A judge is set to sentence him in April.
Boston 25 reported Whooten has been convicted of robbery four times since 1995.
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