EMINEM LOOK-ALIKE'S ROBBING SPREE

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If he's caught, he can claim it's all a bad rap.

A prolific bank robber whom authorities call "Eminem" has knocked off 10 New Jersey banks since October, topping the charts for the Newark FBI office.


Like the famous hip-hop artist, the suspect wears oversized ski caps and jackets to work.


"He's the most prolific in the shortest amount of time who we've had in recent memory," said FBI Special Agent Stephen Siegel.


The robbery spree has netted about $30,000 so far. Although the man hands tellers notes threatening to shoot them if they don't cooperate, he hasn't shown a weapon and is usually in and out of banks in minutes.


FBI agents and police detectives this week began briefing bank employees statewide. Wanted posters of the serial robber also have been distributed.


The suspect has struck banks close to major highways, mostly the Garden State Parkway and Routes 3 and 46. He has hit banks in Teaneck, Hasbrouck Heights, Lyndhurst, Rutherford and Clifton. In his most recent holdup, Feb. 8 in Fort Lee, he made off with $2,820.


AP