The alleged “Band-Aid bandit” from West Haven was arrested in Los Angeles this week after the FBI said he robbed a Nevada credit union after fleeing supervision while on pretrial release on charges involving seven Utah stickups.

Cody Michael Jensen, 32, allegedly cut off his ankle monitor Jan. 19 and fled Utah, the FBI said in a news release. U.S. District Court documents said federal prosecutors indicted Jensen for allegedly robbing an America First Credit Union Branch in Henderson, Nevada, on Jan. 26.

That indictment also accused Jensen of two other Nevada robberies: one at the same America First branch on Sept. 30, 2020, and the other at a U.S. Bank branch in North Las Vegas on Nov. 18, 2020.

The FBI said Los Angeles police arrested Jensen on Wednesday. He was turned over to federal authorities to be returned to Utah to face the charges there.

In the Utah federal court, Jensen is charged with seven counts of bank robbery by force or violence. He was arrested last Aug. 19. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for the U.S. Marshals Service, but he later won pretrial release with restrictions.

During the Utah investigations, police referred to the robber as the “Band-Aid bandit” because he was seen wearing small bandages on his fingers during the holdups.

Jensen is accused of robbing credit unions inside grocery stores from December 2019 through August 2020, twice each in Lehi, West Jordan and Salt Lake City, and once in Kaysville.

In the Kaysville incident, at 5:57 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, a man robbed the America First Credit Union inside Bowman’s Market, 326 N. Main St. The FBI said the man gave a note saying he had a weapon but none was visible. The same scenario fit the six other robberies.

A bank robbery conviction could draw a penalty of up to 20 years in prison under federal law.

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