CRAPPY St. Paddy's Day!!

Three days before Christmas, a man in a Santa suit robbed a bank in Nashville. The FBI was investigating the case, but it was still unsolved . . . until Wednesday.

That's because on St. Patrick's Day, the same guy did the exact same thing. Except this time, he was dressed as . . . you guessed it . . . a LEPRECHAUN.

According to police, 20-year-old David Cotton is the man responsible for both robberies. Both he and his getaway driver . . . a 20-year-old college student named Jonathan Skinner . . . were KILLED in a shootout with police while leaving the bank. Officials say there are two pieces of evidence linking David to the Christmas robbery:

#1.) When they searched his house, they found a Santa costume.
#2.) And David made similar comments to the tellers during each of the robberies.

Well, I guess they can officially close the book on the Christmastime robbery. I mean, there can't be more than two or three people in the ENTIRE WORLD that actually own a Santa suit? And how many bank robbers really say things like, "Hand over the money"? Hardly any, I'm sure...