A Hillcrest man believed to be the cross-dressing “Tootsie Bandit” has pleaded guilty to an attempted heist at a bank on Rosecrans Street The same robber is believed to have held up a credit union and yet another bank, making off with more than $65,000. Robert Dean Tyndall II, 56, will be sentenced on April 6 by San Diego Superior Court Judge Theodore Weathers. Tyndall faces a maximum sentence of seven years and eight months in prison, said Deputy District Attorney Dennis Panish. Court records show Tyndall wore a blonde wig, a black blazer with a blue blouse, blue jeans and black boots when he held up the Inland Federal Credit Union in El Cajon on July 16, 2010. The FBI released six color photos to the media and said he appeared to be a white male dressed as a woman. Tyndall then waited months before striking again. On Jan. 24, he approached the manager of the Comerica Bank on Rosecrans Street in the parking lot before the bank opened. He claimed to have a gun and ordered the manger to open the bank early. When the manager refused, Tyndall left empty-handed in a tan pickup truck. On Feb. 1, Tyndall used a gun to rob the Torrey Pines Bank in Clairemont. He ordered employees and customers to gather in the lobby and directed a bank employee to fill a bag with cash. He told them to wait three minutes before calling police and he drove off in a tan pickup truck. Tyndall used women’s clothing only in the first robbery, but the “Tootsie Bandit” nickname stuck. It was applied by San Diego police to the other two robbery cases as well. “Tootsie” was a cross-dressing character played by Dustin Hoffman in the title role in the 1982 comedy. Panish said some of the stolen money was recovered. Tyndall remains in custody without bail.