A bank robber that has hit banks in Utah and across Idaho over the last year was caught trying to leave the country. The FBI had been warning the public of this serial bank robber for months when he made the mistake on August 7th of attempting a cash exchange at an Idaho bank without wearing a disguise. The bank denied the request and provided photographs of the individual’s face and his vehicle to law enforcement. The vehicle was the same that was photographed during a robbery at a credit union earlier that day. The FBI made the photographs of the individual public and two people positively identified the man as Josue Daniel Alfaro, the Great Outdoors Bandit. On Sunday, August 13th, Alfaro was arrested, pursuant to an arrest warrant for bank robbery, at the Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Brussels, Belgium. According to his brother, Mr. Alfaro lived in California but would travel to the family’s Utah residence during the time of the robberies.
