'Dreadlocks bandit' gets 1,210 years for robbery spree

A man dubbed the “dreadlocks bandit” because of his hairstyle was jailed for 1,210 years in California and given 22 consecutive life terms for a string of bank robberies he committed after being released from prison for an earlier hold-up spree.

'Dreadlocks bandit' gets 1,210 years for robbery spree

A man dubbed the “dreadlocks bandit” because of his hairstyle was jailed for 1,210 years in California and given 22 consecutive life terms for a string of bank robberies he committed after being released from prison for an earlier hold-up spree.

It was one of the longest sentences handed down in Los Angeles County, officials said.

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