Amazing bank robber

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In an elaborate robbery scheme that's one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.

It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. "A great amount of money" was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.

It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.

But here's the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance workers, promising wages of $28.50 per hour. Recruits were asked to wait near the Bank of America right around the time of the robbery--wearing yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt. At least a dozen of them showed up after responding to the Craigslist ad.

"I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour," one of the unwitting decoys, named Mike, said to the NBC station. As it turns out, they were simply placed there to confuse cops who were looking for a guy wearing a virtually identical outfit.

Authorities eventually found the getaway inner tube (a getaway inner tube!) and suspect that accomplices may have picked up the robber in a boat. According to the NBC affiliate, police hope to track him down by figuring out who posted the Craigslist ad in the first place.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was not immediately available for comment.

I've always tried to think of ways a person could get away with robbing an armoured car. This gets a gold medal from me for great thinking.

 

[jpeyton]

Is this another thread about Hank Paulson?

 

[Lemon law]

D. B. Cooper strikes again.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Is this another thread about Hank Paulson?

Thats what I too thought at first but then I realized Paulson is a taxpayer robber.

On topic: gotta give the robber points for ingenuity.

 

[Cuda1447]

Wow, thats a well done roberry. Props to this guy.

 

[techs]

This pales in comparison with the amount the banks are going to get from the bailout.

 

[Squisher]

I down with his plan up until the time he decides to use an inner-tube as a get away vehicle. Although, I would love to see the high speed chase from the helicopter camera of him followed by a half dozen cops floating down the river.

 

[mizzou]

kind of awesome isn't it? Especially since nobody got hurt except for insured money.

This will likely appear on a tv series a-la CSI New York next season.

 

[her209]

yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt.

LOL, who the hell has this stuff (on hand)?

 

[nonameo]

Originally posted by: Squisher
I down with his plan up until the time he decides to use an inner-tube as a get away vehicle. Although, I would love to see the high speed chase from the helicopter camera of him followed by a half dozen cops floating down the river.

Well, who would expect a bank robber to get away on an inner tube? Really? Most people would just look at the guy and think he was out having a good time.(which I'm sure he was...)

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: her209

yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt.

LOL, who the hell has this stuff (on hand)?

Construction workers, I'm guessing.

 

[Harvey]

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was not immediately available for comment.

But authorities are checking out his own FS ad for a bunch of yellow vests, safety goggles, respirator masks, and blue shirts. :laugh: