Robber's Financial Planning Ends In Arrest

No1Doyen


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27/03/2010 18:22

A dopey robber was arrested after he phoned the bank minutes before the hold-up to arrange for a bag of money to be made ready for his arrival.

The ten minute advance warning allowed bank staff to alert police who rushed to the scene to find the robbery in full swing.

Police in Connecticut arrested 27-year-old Albert Bailey and a 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named, on robbery and threatening charges at a People's United Bank branch in the town of Fairfield.

Detective Lieutenant Michael Gagner, of the Fairfield Police Department, said: "I've heard of drive-up robberies where they rob the bank via drive-up windows, but I've never had somebody call ahead and say, 'Get the money, we're coming.'"

No1Doyen


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27/03/2010 18:23

Authorities said a bank employee received a phone call from a person demanding that $100,000, nearly £70,000, in large bills be gathered, or there would be a "blood bath" if the orders were not carried out.

The employee hung up the phone, immediately called 911, and locked down the bank but not before the caller's accomplice was already inside, Det Lt Gagner said.

The accomplice handed a teller a note demanding money at the exact same time the bank employee was talking on the phone to the police.

"The guy is literally giving us a blow-by-blow, saying the robbery is going down," Det Lt Gagner said.

After passing the note and collecting about $900, the suspect asked to be let out of the bank and walked into several waiting police officers who ordered him to stop.

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