Suspected Bank Robber Arrested

During the early morning hours of June 25, 2010, the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force (RMSSTF) and Denver Police Department police officers from District 3, arrested SHAUN MICHAEL GAY, date of birth 06/08/1987, in the 1400 block of Steele Street in Denver. GAY was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant for his arrest charging him with FLIGHT - ESCAPE by the Colorado Department of Corrections. GAY was jailed in the Denver City Jail.

GAY is believed to be the bank robber "Formerly Known as the Perennial Bandit Bandit."

The FBI RMSSTF believes that GAY robbed:

1st Bank
8901 E. Hampden Ave.
Denver, CO 80231
06/24/210

BANK OF THE WEST
2050 S. Downing Street
Denver, CO
06/11/2009

BANK OF THE WEST
2050 S. Downing Street
Denver, CO
06/09/2010

COMPASS BANK
4600 S. Boradway
Englewood, CO
06/15/2010

TCF BANK
1710 S Havana Street
Aurora, CO
06/19/2010

The then-unknown bank robber was dubbed THE PERENNIAL BANDIT after he robbed the same bank for the second time one year after his first robbery at that bank.

GAY is currently being held without bond on the outstanding felony warrant for FLIGHT - ESCAPE. The investigation by the FBI RMSSTF is continuing. GAY will face charges of Bank Robbery in United States District Court, District of Colorado.