For almost a full year, Detective Len Carver and his team had struggled to figure out the identity of this prolific bank robber.

Who was terrorizing banks around Seattle?

It's like, God is another robbery up in wherever, you know.

Gee, it's that guy!

There was just, there was no leap behind. There were no tips.

We just didn't have anything to go on, didn't have a vehicle description.

We had a couple of images that we could say without a doubt we were dealing with a large white male.

A large white male. That was basically the profile.

Until February of 2014, when Tony started to get careless.

After robbing the US bank inside a Fredmeyer, he was sure he'd gotten away again.

He'd kept his head down, didn't see anyone following him.

But Tony had been sloppy. He'd forgotten the rules.

The grocery store was crawling with customers. In this time, Tony was followed.

In fact, two people saw the robber exiting and followed him long enough to see the man get into a blue van.

And this van had some unique identifiable features.

A Seattle Seahawks sticker on the back window and a broken side mirror.

This was, finally, a gift to Detective Carver, straight off his wish list.

A vehicle description.

This is Hutt, an Apple original podcast produced by Campside Media. And I'm Josh D.

You get your own worst enemy when you're drug addicted and you're chosen these risky things.

Because bank robbery is a dangerous business.

Some people don't survive.

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