Innocent Retired Tillamook Oregon Math Teacher Gets A Check, But No Apology After FBI Arrested Him On Bogus Bank Robbery Charges
May 12th, 2008
TILLAMOOK, OREGON - A man who who spent 10 days in jail and two months under house arrest for a bank robbery he didn’t commit has received a check but no apology from the FBI.
Robert Christie, 71, of Tillamook was detained during the FBI’s search for the so-called “Waddling Bandit.”
The amount was not revealed, but the retired math teacher said it wasn’t for much more than he had to pay in legal fees.
Agents said Christie resembled a man in surveillance photos taken during several robberies in Oregon and southwest Washington, but he was charged with only one. The FBI later dropped that charge.
The FBI says it will not apologize because it says Christie in their view resembled the man caught on the tapes.
FBI special agent Dan Nielsen said the FBI followed procedures and that an apology was not warranted.
