CAMDEN, N.J. – A man police dubbed the Bicycle Bandit has admitted committing eight bank robberies in southern New Jersey and Delaware.
Prosecutors say Brian Layton went on a yearlong spree in which he robbed banks in six New Jersey cities and in Wilmington, Del., and rode away on a bicycle each time.
Layton was arrested Sept. 25 while trying to flee from a New Jersey state trooper on the Garden State Parkway in a van and then by foot. Police say Layton dropped a backpack containing cash from a robbery.
The 48-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday before a U.S. District Court judge in Camden.
Each of the eight counts against him carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for May 27.
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