Police seek 'Buddy Holly Bandit' over power tool thefts

Police in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, are looking for a man who has been dubbed the “Buddy Holly Bandit,” accused of stealing more than $1,700 in power tools from two home-improvement stores.



Investigators have released photos of the suspect who they say resembles the famous singer.

He stole the power tools from two Lowes’ stores. The thefts happened on three occasions over about a 10-day period at the stores in Greensburg and Latrobe.

 

He told employees that he was taking the tools outside to show his wife, then drove off in a black 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix. Authorities traced the licence plate number, but it came back as belonging to a different vehicle.