A Florida man has been put behind bars after a couple of bizarre bank robberies sprung up near Tampa, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.

In a release, USAO officials said the man — identified as David Sartin, 40 — robbed a Largo bank back on Aug. 24. And on Sept. 15, he reportedly robbed another bank in St. Petersburg.

“During both robberies, Sartin entered the bank wearing a prosthetic ‘old man’ mask, approached the teller counter and demanded money, and instructed the teller not to include dye packs,” the release reads.

THE FIRST ROBBERY

According to investigators, Sartin had arrived at a nearby gas station shortly before the first robbery.

He then drove through the surrounding area before parking, switching to a bicycle, and approaching the bank, USAO officials noted.

After the robbery, he fled on the bicycle, retrieved the staged vehicle, and drove off, investigators said. The vehicle was later spotted on sevel nearby roadways heading toward his house.

THE SECOND ROBBERY

Surveillance footage caught Sartin leaving his house before the second robbery and returning afterward, detectives claimed.

When the vehicle returned, a man resembling Sartin was spotted unloading a bicycle and rolling it toward the home, investigators said.

“The next day, investigators observed Sartin spray paint the vehicle’s white roof black, making the entire vehicle appear black in color,” the release continues.

SEARCHING HIS HOME

USAO officials said law enforcement searched Sartin’s house, uncovering the following items that appeared similar to those linked to the robberies:

• A bicycle
• A blue suit
• A black bag
• Materials covered in black spray paint
• A receipt for clothing bought the day before the second robbery

Meanwhile, a search of Sartin’s storage unit revealed a backpack and laptop bag with “disguise items” matching those seen in the surveillance footage of the robberies, detectives said.

Those disguise items reportedly included the “old-man mask,” dark-framed glasses, and work gloves with black paint on them.

Furthermore, investigators explained the bags contained a fake handgun and clothing consistent with the disguise worn in the second robbery, including:

• A white dress shirt with black studs
• A pinstriped sports coat
• A dark-blue flat cap
• Black dress shoes and pants

STRANGE JOURNAL

But when agents searched another home where Sartin occassionaly stayed, they said they found some other strange items, such as a prosthetic mask (different from the ones used in the robberies,” and a journal titled, “God’s Best friend is a Bank Robber! Uncle Henry Cops and Robbers the world through the eyes of a Bank Robber.”

That journal was reportedly dated Jan. 1, 2021, and was “written by: David Sartin.”

Officials noted that one of the pages had a drawing of a character holding up a mask along with a handwritten phrase, “My face holding up uncle Henry, looking at it, Face to Face.

A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY

At the time of the robberies, Sartin was on supervised release for a 2018 federal conviction stemming from five bank robberies he had committed in Texas back in 2016, officials added.

Per the release, he wore a similar mask in those incidents and used the same vehicle that was involved in the recent Florida robberies. He was ultimately sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison.

Sartin was also convicted in 2008 of attempted bank robbery after he and a co-conspirator tried robbing a bank wearing Halloween masks and disguises, the USAO stated.

Now, Sartin faces two counts of bank robbery. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count.