86-year-old man charged in masked bank robbery

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An elderly man wearing a mask and wielding a gun allegedly robbed a bank in South Carolina.

Gilbert Ware, 86, is accused of walking into a Bank of America branch in Greenville, South Carolina, brandishing a firearm, and stealing an undisclosed amount of cash. The heist ended just minutes later when police arrested Ware during a traffic stop near the bank.

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