EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A man arrested in Eugene in connection with a bank robbery has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he robbed seven Oregon banks in a spree attributed to the “Grandpa Bandit.”
Eugene Police arrested 60-year-old Ferrell Lee Brier of Drain after $939 was taken from an Umpqua Bank branch in Eugene. This week he was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with seven robberies.
An affidavit filed in U.S. District Court by FBI agent Ryan Dwyer says Brier told police he was responsible for several bank robberies.
The reason he gave Eugene Police for robbing the Eugene Bank was “stupidity.”
The FBI was offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “Grandpa Bandit.”
