The trial for an Everett man believed to be the cyborg bandit bank robber has been set for Feb. 18.

King County prosecutors have charged Anthony Leonard Hathaway, 45, of Everett, with one count of robbery in the first degree after a year-long investigation. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Several local robberies were included in his confession, including the Kirkland Totem Lake Wells Fargo on Nov. 30, 2013. There were also three robberies in Bothell: Whidbey Island Bank on March 29, 2013, a second on July 5, 2013 and a third on Oct. 23, 2013.

Hathaway was arrested by the Seattle Safe Streets Task Force on Feb. 11 after he was caught robbing a Key Bank in the University District.

Post-Miranda, Hathaway confessed to committing 29 other bank robberies throughout western Washington during the past year, charging documents claim.

Police had been watching Hathaway the day he was arrested in a year-long investigation the task force had been building since the first robbery in Everett.

Hathaway had a pattern of wearing a metallic-like fabric over his face, similar to the look of a cyborg, and a long sleeve shirt with eye holes cut out, appearing as an elephant man.

During several of the bank robberies, the suspect verbally threatened the teller with a weapon but never displayed one.

In early February, the investigation led detectives to a suspicious white van that had been used in a recent South Snohomish County robbery.

It was this lead that connected Hathaway to the robberies, according to charging documents.

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Bothell bank robber, Cyborg bandit, trial set for Feb. 18