Authorities say they are suspects in numerous bank robberies across Western states.
It was five minutes before closing time on a typical Friday night last winter at Klamath First Federal Bank in Bend, Ore. Bank manager Bill Olsen recalls seeing a man wearing a plastic mask walk through the main door, lock and load a semiautomatic handgun and point its barrel to a woman's face. One hundred thousand dollars later, the masked man fled through a back door and into a getaway car. Authorities also say Pritchert has been bitten by the stock market bug and uses his stolen loot to cover day-trading losses. An Explosive Combination To his high school friends, Pritchert seemed to have it all. He was a role model to the younger kids, had remarkable athletic ability and was happily dating a pretty girl from school.