Weston Miner Rodgers, arrested in connection with three bank
robberies, continues the great Portland tradition of awesomely
named robbers.  Who can forget the "Hipster Bandit" and the
"Where's Waldo Bank Robber"?  Weston, 46, is dubbed the "Hammer
Pants Bandit," but not because he wore M.C. Hammer's signature
balloon-crotch pants. Rather, police say he used a hammer to
simulate a gun and he kept it up his sleeve.  Why the name
"Hammer Pants Bandit," then?  "He had a hammer and he wore
pants," Portland Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson tells WW in
an email. "'Hammer sleeve' doesn't have that same zeal."
Portland police say they arrested Weston Thursday, and say he
was involved in robberies on three dates: Oct. 29, 2012, at the
Wells Fargo Bank branch  at 1900 Southwest 5th Avenue in
Portland; Feb. 8, at the Key Bank branch  at 6620 Southwest
Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway; and Feb. 19, at the Umpqua Bank
branch at 6610 Cardinal Lane in Tigard.  Maybe Weston thought he
was "2 Legit 2 Quit" until investigators se