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FBI: Keyes admitted to Tupper Lake heist  print this article
e-mail this article  A man who was suspected of being a serial
killer confessed to an unsolved Tupper Lake bank robbery before
his apparent suicide Sunday in his Alaska jail cell, according
to the FBI.  Israel Keyes, 34, admitted robbing the Community
Bank branch in Tupper Lake on April 13, 2009, said FBI spokesman
Paul Holstein.  The culprit, reportedly armed with a handgun,
walked into the branch at 314 Hosley Ave. about noon that day,
demanded money from a teller and forced customers to the floor,
authorities said. He fled with an unspecified amount of
currency.  Mr. Holstein said Keyes admitted to multiple bank
robberies, but it was unknown whether he was responsible for
other heists in the north country. Keyes gave specific
information regarding only the Tupper Lake robbery, Mr. Holstein
said.  Keyes also told author