A woman in northeastern Pennsylvania has been arrested after she attempted to rob a bank while disguised as a clown.
The woman, 43 year old Carolyn A. Williams, entered a KNBT Bank in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about an hour north of Philadelphia. Williams, dressed in a clown costume, demanded money and claimed that she has a bomb. She then fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
When police arrived, they found the suspect trying to change out of the clown costume in parked car at a nearby park. Williams was taken into custody and is sitting in prison awaiting her court hearing. Her bail has been set at $500,000.
No one was hurt during the incident, and no explosives were found on the suspect or at the bank.
The desperation of some people. I am sure that this latest bank robber has seen all the recent news stories of strange bank robberies, including a man who dressed up as Darth Vader and robbed a New York bank. I guess they are not smart enough to realize that most people who dress up in strange costumes and rob banks almost always get caught. I guess they don't realize how much attention it brings, something that you don't want when robbing a bank.
Looks like tough times have hit the Empire, as a man disguised as Darth Vader robbed a Chase bank in New York on Thursday.
An unidentified man dressed as the Star Wars character Darth Vader, entered a Chase bank branch on Long Island, New York, around noon last Thursday. He pointed a gun at workers and demanded cash. He made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
The costume included the iconic Darth Vader face mask, a blue cape, and oddly enough, camouflage pants.
At first, customers in the bank thought the robbery was a joke, but that quickly changed when one customer was shoved to the ground when he tried to approach.
The suspect, only described as being about 6-foot-2, escaped from the bank and was last seen running across a nearby parking lot.
I find this comical that this guy dressed up as Darth Vader. I would think that if you wanted to rob a bank successfully, you would want to do it with as little attention as possible. He did escape, so I guess my thinking is wrong, but now there is so much national attention on this robbery that he would probably be caught easily if he ever tried to do it again. Most bank robbers hit again and again until they are caught, so it will be interesting to see if he does indeed try it again.
Hopefully next time he uses a light saber instead of a handgun as his weapon of choice.
Police have arrested a man who decided to break into the basement of a bank in order to sleep off his intoxication. Surveillance video caught a drunk man breaking into the basement of a Washington state bank.
The unidentified 21 year old entered the bank basement by breaking a window on Saturday morning around 3 a.m. and leaving through the same window at 8 a.m.
It took police until Tuesday to identify, track down, and arrest the intruder. He has been charged with second-degree burglary and malicious mischief.
Police said that the intoxicated man had no idea how or why he broke into the bank.
What kind of bank has windows where anyone can break in and not be found for over two days? And was there no alarm that alerted police? Seems amusing to me. I think if I had my money at this bank, I would be the first to transfer it to another bank.
He might as well of just found his way to the vault to sleep.
Two would be bank robbers, Albert Bailey, 27, and an unidentified minor, 16, called a People's United Bank in Fairfield, Connecticut on Tuesday and told them to get money ready, as they would be in soon to rob the bank. The bank robbers showed up ten minutes later, as they told the bank workers, giving police enough time to be there when the not to bright suspects showed up and were taken into custody.
The not to bright robber, Albert Bailey.
This has to be one of the best crime stories, if that is what you want to call it, I have ever heard of. I always use to think that everyone could be a criminal, but this case proves me wrong. You have to have at least some intelligence to commit a crime. If the cops were not there yet, do you think the criminals would use the drive through bank window to rob the bank? That will make me wonder.
On a side note, this would be such a great prank to play on friends. All you would have to do is call the bank before like in this story, then tell a few of your friends that you need to pick up a new ATM card or there is a check waiting for you at the bank. Then your friends show up at the bank having no idea what you did and everyone will think they are robbers.
I am just joking, thats pretty mean and I would never to do that to anyone, except these two guys in this story.
A man disguised as a Leprechaun robbed a First State Bank in the Nashville, Tennessee suburb of Gallatin on Saint Patrick's Day. The Leprechaun, identified as David Christopher Cotton, and his getaway driver, Jonathan Skinner, attempted to flee by car, but were spotted by police officers and a pursuit began.
The pair, after shooting at another police car, decided to ditch their getaway car and run into a field where they were shot and killed by police during a shootout. Cotton has also been linked to a bank robbery in December while dressed as Santa Claus.
Now I know people are desperate with the economy and with losing their homes and jobs, but really, robbing a bank on Saint Patrick's Day and dressed as a Leprechaun? Could you bring anymore attention to you, other than robbing another bank dressed as Santa Claus near Christmas?
Probably not the best idea to be dressed in all green and with a big Leprechaun hat on during a police shootout.
I guess the cops did find Leprechaun's pot of gold after all.
