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Source: The Philadelphia InquirerAug.迷你倉價錢 12--Ten times in February, Tarik Hooks walked into area banks with plans to rob them.He easily succeeded six times. The others, not so much.Even as FBI agents scrambled to put a name to the guy they saw on surveillance video sporting a goatee, glasses and caps, Hooks was at times scared off by bank employees who were less than responsive to his requests, court filings show.Two tellers complained they could not read his handwritten demand notes. Hooks abandoned another stickup when the woman behind the window told him he had to show ID to get the money, according to the records, an FBI affidavit and a prosecutor's memo.In a fourth bid, Hooks was shooed away by a busy teller who directed him to another window. There, the employee glanced at Hooks' "I need cash" note but just didn't get it. "What's up?" the teller asked.The would-be bandit nervously slinked away.On Monday, Hooks pleaded guilty to the robberies, the fruitful and not-so-fruitful ones. His case stands out not so much for his methods or the take -- he netted about $24,000 in all -- but because his spree coincided with an unusual surge in bank heists this year.Through July, Philadelphia had logged 53 bank robberies, its highest pace in five years, according to FBI data. Almost half remain unsolved, although agents and city police, who jointly investigate bank robberies, have suspects for some of them, an FBI spokeswoman said.Dressed in green prison garb, Hooks, 35, sat silently during his plea hearing as the prosecutor, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Pedro de la Torre, recounted the crimes.U.S. District Judge Berle M. Schiller asked if the details were accurate. "Yes," said Hooks, speaking slightly above a whisper.He told the judge that he had been treated for anxiety and depression and had just been released from the hospital when he began the holdups. He didn't elaborate.Hooks never brandished a weapon or threatened to use one. According to court records, his notes were typically succinct: "No dye packs. No bait money. No alarms. Give up the cash," said one.Those words were sufficient to net him $1,350 from a Citizen's Ba迷你倉庫k branch inside the Acme supermarket on City Avenue on Feb. 2 and $247 more from a Wells Fargo branch on Baltimore Avenue in Lansdowne six days later.But his scheme also hit speed bumps.When Hooks presented a similar note at the TD Bank along the 5500 block of Ridge Avenue on Feb. 14, a teller told him he had to show ID in order to get the money, the records show.Miffed, Hooks left and traveled two miles to a Sovereign Bank branch along Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwyd. There, he again handed over his standard note.But that teller couldn't decipher his handwriting, so Hooks snatched the piece of paper back and this time scrawled a clarification -- "this is a robbery" -- and pushed it back. He got $8,800 and fled.He had abandoned another attempt Feb. 9 at a Clifton Heights Citizen's Bank branch when a teller there couldn't read his note, and was nearly foiled the next day at a Citizens Bank in Wilmington by an employee who tried to pass him a dye pack with his money.According to court records, Hooks "felt the dye pack inside and returned the money to the teller with a disapproving look on his face."The teller then relented and gave him $1,075.Surveillance videos, an anonymous tip and cooperation among multiple police departments led agents and officers to Hooks' home on Spruce Street in late February. He confessed to the crimes and agreed to write apologies to his victims.Schiller scheduled Hooks' sentencing for Nov. 12. His lawyer, Kevin Mincey, said sentencing guidelines suggest a prison term of at least seven years.Mincey said he and Hooks expect to explain his background and crimes more fully at his sentencing hearing. In an online resume posted at LinkedIn, Hooks had described himself as an MBA and the budget manager at a Delaware County social services agency.Court records show Hooks has previous convictions on theft and weapons charges.Mincey, his lawyer, said Hooks blamed the thefts on "financial pressures" at home."He has a large family he was taking care of," Mincey said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at .philly.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存