No, the Ponytail Bandit was not captured. But the FBI thinks they got the "Mad Hatter Bandit."
(The two of them could have been Bonnie and Clyde.) Reports coming from Mount Laurel, New Jersey indicate that the FBI thinks they may have their man. James G. Madison is thought to be the serial bank robber known as the "Mad Hatter." James G. Madison, age 5o, was apparently released in 2005 after spending eighteen years in prison for the death of his girlfriend. (Madison was convicted of the January 1986 manslaughter of Terry Wells.)
Well's body was discovered in a suitcase rcovered from the Passaic River. Madison apparently struck Wells with a lamp during a fight. Madison was paroled in May 2005 after serving 18 years of a 40-year sentence. Madison was arrested this week on suspicion of robbing a Union Township bank. FBI Special Agent Sean Quinn believes the robbery to be attributed to the "Mad Hatter." Madison is to appear in U.S. District Court in Newark. 17 banks are believed to have been robbed by the "Mad Hatter" between last year and Sunday's robbery of a Bank of America branch. The most recent robbery netted $3,000. (Hardly a recipe to get rich.) The mad hatter was typically described as "a middle-aged man of average height and build. He sometimes wore a flannel shirt, sometimes a blazer. But he always wore a baseball cap, a fishing hat, or a military hat. (That is why he is the "Mad Hatter," silly. But this is no "Alice in Wonderland" story by Lewis Caroll.)
Sunday the robber wore a yellow baseball cap without any other disguise. A bank employee saw a black Nissan Altima's license plate. Madison's live in friend lent him her Altima on Sunday morning (apparently not to go to church.) When he got home, she saw him counting $20-, $50- and $100-dollar bills (maybe he got that from the church collection?) On Monday, they arrested Madison. The "Mad Hatter" was nearly apprehended after he robbed a Montclair bank in May. He threw the money in a storm drain when red dye exploded in the money bag. (Maybe this explains why the obese man really got stuck in the storm drain?) Madison may not be the Mad Hatter. There is always the chance that publicity sponned some copycat robberies.
The Star-Ledger of Newark apparently was the first to report this story.
As always, Madison is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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13 comments:
Wow, another cutie! And smart too! Life in prison for $3,000 dollar heist? Anyone else want to join me in calling him a pig after what he was convicted of doing to his girl friend? I'll bet all she wanted to do was to leave. But he insisted on packing her bags. Normally, perhaps a nice gesture. Unfortunately, he apparently packed her too!
Shell
Oh my gawd! I just came on to the comment section and wanted to write the following:
"What a cutie! Hey, LP if he's not found guilty is there any chance you can set me up with him before blond bombshell gets to him"
As you can see there was one comment before mine! I guess great minds just think alike
This guy was misunderstood. He only wanted to help her pack.
Jack
Where's the hat Mad Hatter?
I have a feeling he may not be available to date for a while...
Ron, very seldom do police mug shots occur in hats. He allegedly wore different head attire in each heist.
He has that abuser type look in his eyes, in my opinion.
Easy to see why he wore a cap. If I had a shiny head, I would hide it too!
Wonder what the woman he was living with was thinking... Ok now she knows he is suspected of robbing banks. Did she know what he allegedly did to Wells when she was his girlfriend?
Terry Wells murder was tragic. This beast should never have been allowed to be out on parole!
Madison looks like a Mad Hatter.
First of all MADison, not hard to see where the mad comes from. He is bald so he always wore a hat or cap.
Police must have suspected him. It is almost "Batman Gotham City" type police story.
Cindy
Common scum!
Johnny Depp is better looking as the Hatter.
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