CROSSBOW ATTACK ACCUSED LINKED TO ‘FAKE BEARD BANDIT’

A man once dubbed the Fake Beard Bandit and due to be married in three weeks was charged Friday in a bloody crossbow attack that left three people dead. Brett Ryan, 35, of Toronto, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder during a brief court appearance. In 2008, Ryan was arrested in the case of the Fake Beard Bandit and charged with numerous counts of robbery related to a string of bank heists in Toronto and nearby Durham in which a man showed a teller a note indicating he was armed and demanded cash.