Wife Recognizes Bank Robber on Evening News; It's My Husband, She Tells Fla. Police

BRADENTON, Fla. (CBS/AP) Authorities south of Tampa say a man confessed to robbing a bank after his wife saw a surveillance photo on the evening news and alerted them.

A camera got a clear shot of the man with a pony tail and scruffy beard robbing the First Bank in Bradenton on Tuesday but the bandit got away.

Then Manatee County sheriff's officials got a break Tuesday evening when Afra Sandifar saw a news report about the robbery. She called authorities and told them her husband was the robber shown on tv.

That's when 45-year-old Troy Sandifar fled the couple's apartment.

Deputies stopped his vehicle but refused to get out. They say he ingested what appeared to be drugs before they were able to arrest him. He was taken to the hospital, where authorities say he confessed.