Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

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• Bling Bandit suspect was NYPD detective, is decorated Vietnam vet with liver cancer
  
• Bling Bandit pulled off nine bank heists wearing a flashy watch and ring, police say
  
• His mother says, "he's been having problems mentally for a long time"
  
• Bank robber wore baseball cap, sunglasses, carried a semiautomatic handgun
  
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