Smart Thief

Mr Lefty · 10-07-2008, 07:56 PM

http://news.cnet.com/bank-robber-hir...subj=TheSocial

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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.

Shift · 10-07-2008, 08:05 PM

Reminds me of The Dark Knight for some reason.

VatorMan · 10-07-2008, 08:24 PM

If he used a library computer-that is one smart mofo.

BobTheBiker · 10-07-2008, 08:24 PM

thats fucking BRILLIANT right there. I like it.

6doublefive321 · 10-07-2008, 09:52 PM

Brilliant!

Smittie61984 · 10-08-2008, 12:25 AM

Even if the guy gets caught he'll spend 2 days in jail and then he'll be working for the FBI.

Mad props yo even though I don't support what you did.

Rider · 10-08-2008, 10:01 AM

No such thing as a smart thief.

Lucky yes but not smart.

Here is how he will get caught. The origination of the ad will be traced back to a library. Libraries keep records of who is using any PC at any given time and you need to have a library card to use the PC's. (I've never been to a public library that doesn't check this) Surveillance camera's will also prove that this individual was on the PC in question at the time the ad was placed using the time date stamp on the ad.

10-07-2008, 09:52 PM	#5
6doublefive321 Resident Droog Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern burbs, Atlanta Moto: 625 SMC, '08 Tuono R Posts: 471	Brilliant! __________________ I'm sick and tired of being bored.

10-08-2008, 12:25 AM	#6
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	Even if the guy gets caught he'll spend 2 days in jail and then he'll be working for the FBI. Mad props yo even though I don't support what you did. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

10-07-2008, 08:05 PM	#2
Shift Just a Noob Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Moto: 08 Green 6R Posts: 421	Reminds me of The Dark Knight for some reason.

10-07-2008, 08:24 PM	#3
VatorMan Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: Feet Posts: 1,605	If he used a library computer-that is one smart mofo.

10-07-2008, 08:24 PM	#4
BobTheBiker too much time on my hands Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the northern district of god damn Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now. Posts: 1,802	thats fucking BRILLIANT right there. I like it.

10-08-2008, 10:01 AM	#7
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	No such thing as a smart thief. Lucky yes but not smart. Here is how he will get caught. The origination of the ad will be traced back to a library. Libraries keep records of who is using any PC at any given time and you need to have a library card to use the PC's. (I've never been to a public library that doesn't check this) Surveillance camera's will also prove that this individual was on the PC in question at the time the ad was placed using the time date stamp on the ad.