Man Robs Bank Of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail
This is so sad. Amazingly, many people’s reaction to the story is outrage…that our prisoners receive medical treatment. ABC News reports:
A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report.
He then sat down and waited for police to arrive. “… I say, ‘I’ll be sitting right over here, on the chair, waiting for the police,’” Verone told reporters, recalling the June 9 robbery in an interview from Gaston County Jail.
Verone said he asked for $1 to show that his motives were medical, not monetary, according to news reports. With a growth in his chest, two ruptured disks and no job, Verone hoped a three-year stint in prison would afford…
It’s Friday? Time To Rob A Bank
Aftermath of a Bank of America robbery. Photo: Colin Brown (CC)
Who knew? From Reuters:
Bank robberies in the United States take place most often in mid-morning, on Fridays and in southern and western states, according to government statistics released on Tuesday.
Robbers stole slightly more than $43 million last year nationwide in 5,546 robberies of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions, statistics released by the FBI showed.
The South led the way with 1,790 bank robberies, followed by the West with 1,691. California had the most robberies at 805, followed by Texas with 464. North Dakota, where there were two bank robberies, had the least.
Overall, there were 5,628 reported bank crimes — the 5,546 robberies along with 74 burglaries, eight larcenies and 13 extortions of financial institutions.
That marked a decrease from 2009, when there were 6,065 such crimes reported, the FBI said…
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Austria Hit By String Of Obama-Mask Bank Robberies
Bank robbery as metaphor? A masked Barack Obama lookalike has committed a string of six gunpoint bank heists in Austria over the past two years. Via Yahoo! News:
Austrian authorities are searching for a bank robber who uses an unusual disguise: He wears a Barack Obama mask during his holdups.
Police say the man, nicknamed the “Obama Robber” by local media, is wanted for six heists since 2008. The most recent took place Thursday in the hamlet of Handenberg, where the Obama-resembling suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of money after threatening bank employees with a gun.
Police official Markus Mitloehner said Friday that the man is thought to be a local since he speaks the regional dialect — with nary a trace of Obama’s more professorial accent.
Video Of Swedish $5 Million Bank Heist
Authorities in Sweden have released this video of a bank heist which occurred last September, now that several of the thieves are set to go on trial. This seems like something that should happen only in movies: the outlaws helicoptered onto the roof, broke through the ceiling and were out in minutes with $5 million in Swedish kronar. It’s hard not to applaud their efforts, just a little bit.
Darth Vader Robs Long Island Bank
Nothing like this ever happens in New York City. Why is all the action out in the suburbs? The New York Post reports:
A man wearing a Darth Vader mask and cape robbed a Chase bank branch on Long Island on Thursday, police said.
The thief entered a branch in Setauket at 11:30 a.m. and demanded money from a teller. But instead of using a light saber, “Darth” threatened the teller with a semiautomatic gun. The teller gave the robber some cash from the drawer.
The Darth Vader thief, described as between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, took off heading east through the bank’s parking lot.
Leprecheun Killed In Shootout With Police After St. Patrick’s Day Bank Robbery In Tennessee
A man dressed as a leprechaun was killed by police after robbing a Nashville-area bank on St. Patrick’s Day. Oddly enough, it was in Nashville that a gun-toting Santa Claus committed a bank robbery this past Christmas Eve.
