A man dubbed by investigators as the "flip-flop bandit" has been arrested after robbing banks in multiple states including Arkansas, according to the FBI's Little Rock office.
Leonard Fenton Riddle, 46, of Bumpass, Va., was arrested July 29 after a bank robbery in Pooler, Ga., which is about 10 miles west of Savannah, Ga., authorities said via social media. He remained at the Chatham County jail in Georgia as of Monday evening, records show.
The FBI says the same man is linked to bank robberies this summer in Bryant and Morrilton in Arkansas and in Yukon, Okla. The FBI said in a flier the man is also suspected in three bank robberies in North Carolina and one in Knoxville, Tenn.
Riddle wore sandals at the bank robberies in Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma, which led to the nickname of "flip-flop bandit," according to authorities.
Police in Arkansas said the robber on June 23 gave a teller at Bank of the Ozarks in Bryant a note demanding cash and indicating he had a bomb. Riddle robbed Petit Jean State Bank in Morrilton later that day, according to authorities.