CHEETZzz
October 28th, 2008, 04:44 PM
So just today i heard about this amazing heist that took place October 3,
and it's a really good read, very interesting and true.
Here's a link to the article;
http://news.cnet.com/bank-robber-hires-decoys-on-craigslist-fools-cops/
Or here's the whole thing if you don't feel like clicking;
October 3, 2008 8:13 AM PDT
Bank robber hires decoys on Craigslist, fools cops
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
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.
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i personally thought robbing banks was a thing of the past, because nowadays people really don't get away with that shit...
but this guy did.
it's also pretty interesting there were no fatalities, and because the police have no leads or anything.
There was a big debate about this article in comments on the page it was posted [link above]...
Some people say that guy deserved the money because he got away with it, some said he was a victim of the hard economy and the government steals more from us anyways, and some said he was a just criminal like any other.
What do you think?
I think he must have been a genius; his plan was perfect and he's still a free man to this day [as far as i know]... As to whether he was justified, i don't really know, nobody knows where this guy came from or anything, so you can't judge from his motive..
But let's discuss the ethics of this all, as well as the awesomeness. :D
and it's a really good read, very interesting and true.
Here's a link to the article;
http://news.cnet.com/bank-robber-hires-decoys-on-craigslist-fools-cops/
Or here's the whole thing if you don't feel like clicking;
October 3, 2008 8:13 AM PDT
Bank robber hires decoys on Craigslist, fools cops
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
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.
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i personally thought robbing banks was a thing of the past, because nowadays people really don't get away with that shit...
but this guy did.
it's also pretty interesting there were no fatalities, and because the police have no leads or anything.
There was a big debate about this article in comments on the page it was posted [link above]...
Some people say that guy deserved the money because he got away with it, some said he was a victim of the hard economy and the government steals more from us anyways, and some said he was a just criminal like any other.
What do you think?
I think he must have been a genius; his plan was perfect and he's still a free man to this day [as far as i know]... As to whether he was justified, i don't really know, nobody knows where this guy came from or anything, so you can't judge from his motive..
But let's discuss the ethics of this all, as well as the awesomeness. :D