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A teller at the Erie bank picked Brewster's photo out of a lineup, and authorities then reviewed surveillance video and found an "obvious likeness" to Brewster during the nine prior robberies. Photos from the various robberies show a man with grayish, thinning hair, generally combed or brushed backward, wearing glasses and what appears to be the same blue polo shirt with a front pocket. "We knew this was our person; we just didn't know who was going to be lucky enough to get ahold of him," said Bloomington Police Chief Randall McKinley, who said Brewster is suspected of robbing a PNC bank branch on Aug. 17 in the central Illinois college town. McKinley said it's not uncommon to have serial bank robberies in the same community or state, but it's rare to have them stretch over so many states. "To have them go all over the country is very interesting," he said. It wasn't clear why Brewster was traveling in Roland, just west of Fort Smith, Ark., and more than 1,000 miles from Erie. Investigators also hadn't determined whether Brewster is terminally ill, said Danny Hammon, a sergeant with the Roy, Utah, police department. The federal arrest warrant issued in Pennsylvania indicates that Brewster is wanted for allegedly borrowing but not returning his Florida acquaintance's black Chevy Captiva. The vehicle was similar to one described by witnesses at several of the robberies authorities think Brewster committed. No one was hurt in any of the robberies and officials declined to say how much money the suspect stole, except for the $4,080 taken from the Erie bank, which was disclosed in the FBI arrest warrant.
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