Shaking my head over these…. :hs:
A man from the town of Grand Forks, North Dakota, decided to travel to Fargo so that he could rob the First Community Bank. The criminal quickly scribbled a note demanding money and gave it to the teller. Frightened, she gave the man what he asked for and watched him run out of the door. Police were called and searches of the surrounding area turned up nothing. Upon reviewing the ransom note, it was noted that the message had been written on the perpetrator’s bank deposit slip. Police traveled to the man’s house and arrested him on his front porch.
An “Einstein protege” had been casing a Boston bank for several days, waiting for just the right moment to commit robbery. He went through the customer line, and approached the teller’s window, he produced a handgun and announced very loudly “THIS IS A HOLDUP, NOBODY MOVE!” Much to his dismay, the next five customers were armed FBI agents on their lunch breaks, attempting to cash their checks. The man quickly surrendered with no shots fired. His “genius” casing job had failed to notice the FBI Field Office two doors down.
In the state of Maryland, many banks have night deposit boxes for their patrons. One night, a group of men decided it would be a good idea to pull the box from the ground using a four-wheel drive vehicle. After tying a rope to the box and to the back of the truck, the men sped off. They did not realize, however, that the bumper and been ripped from the truck and was attached to the box; so was the license plate. Mall security quickly traced the plates and police were waiting at the men’s home when they arrived.
Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store when he decided to fire his attorney. Oklahoma City District Attorney said Newton was doing a decent job until the store manage testified that Newton was indeed the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then said, ” I should have blown your f***ing head off” The defendant paused then added “If I had been the one that was there.” The jury deliberated for twenty minutes before returning a verdict of guilty and recommended a sentence of thirty years.
A Flint, Michigan man in a hooded jacket approached a gas station clerk with a gun and demanded all the money. The clerk complied. When the robber returned to his home, police were there waiting. The jacket the man wore during the hold up was his high school varsity jacket. It had his full name and year he graduated.
In the middle of a blizzard, a New Jersey high school student decided it would be a good idea to rob the local 7-11. He walked to the store with a gun and stole $50. He walked back to his home, which was less than a mile away. The police followed the footprints to the young man’s front door and arrested him.
A Louisiana man walked into a Circle-K, put a $20 dollar bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 dollar bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer was fifteen dollars.
As a woman in New York exited her local convenience store, her pursed was snatched by a fleeting man. The clerk promptly called 911 and the woman gave a detailed description of the suspect. Within minutes, the police apprehended the alleged snatcher. They took him back to the store and told him to stand there for a positive ID. The man did as was told and said: “Yes officer, that’s the woman I stole the purse from.”
After robbing a convenience store, two Ohio teen-age boys were chased by a group of police. Desperately trying to escape, the boys climbed over a high chain-link fence. The cops chose not to follow, but they did notify the authorities inside. The boys had climbed into a state correctional facility.
From an alley in Tampa, Florida, a burglar climbed to the roof of a convenience store. Thinking it would be a good idea to break in through the roof, he cut a hole for him to enter through. He botched the job, however, and fell through the ceiling on top of a coffee pot. The man had not realized that the store was opened twenty-four hours a day. A police officer was standing at the pot fixing a cup of coffee.