TAMPA, Fla. – A 40-year-old St. Petersburg man faces federal charges after allegedly donning a realistic “old man” mask to rob two banks in the Tampa Bay area while on supervised release for earlier bank heists, federal prosecutors announced.
David Sartin, Jr. has been charged by criminal complaint with two counts of bank robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe. If convicted, Sartin faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count.
Court documents state that Sartin targeted a bank in Largo on August 24, 2026, and struck a second bank in St. Petersburg on September 15, 2026. In both instances, the robber walked up to the teller counter wearing a prosthetic mask that made him look like an elderly man, demanded cash, and explicitly told the tellers to leave out dye packs…