FBI Nabs 'Super Freak' Bandit
By Michael de Yoanna
Created 2010-06-01 08:49

By: Michael de Yoanna [1]

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FBI Nabs 'Super Freak' Bandit

[2]An anonymous tip, perhaps from someone trying to preserve the memory of Rick James' funky music, has helped the FBI nab Lester Eugene Fowler. The so-called "Super Freak" bandit was arrested Friday evening at a Denver home without incident, according to The Associated Press [3]. Fowler earned the title because he wore a wig similar to the long, tamed Jheri curl-type locks of James, who in 1981 topped the charts with his song, "Super Freak," according to The Denver Post [4]. In his music video [5], James wields a bass guitar. Fowler, on the other hand, might or might not have had a weapon. He is suspected of several bank robberies in which he allegedly enters, points, and loudly orders tellers around, demanding money and claiming he has a weapon without flashing one, according to the Aurora Sentinel [6].

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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/michael-de-yoanna
[2] http://www.5280.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Super-Freak-bandit.jpg
[3] http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23743865/detail.html
[4] http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15189543
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHxGBH6o4M
[6] http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2010/05/24/news/metro_aurora/doc4bfb2c780eed9561587195.txt