The trial for an Everett man believed to be the cyborg bandit bank robber has been set for Feb. 18. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Post-Miranda, Hathaway confessed to committing 29 other bank robberies throughout western Washington during the past year, charging documents claim. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
During several of the bank robberies, the suspect verbally threatened the teller with a weapon but never displayed one. <\/p>\n
In early February, the investigation led detectives to a suspicious white van that had been used in a recent South Snohomish County robbery. <\/p>\n
It was this lead that connected Hathaway to the robberies, according to charging documents. <\/p>\n
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