While we don't endorse bank robbery or any other kind of illegal monkeyshines, we have to admire a yet-to-be-caught Seattle area bank robber. The guy committed the perfect crime and is well on his way to comic-book style super-villainy. Here's how it happened.
Last week, someone took out an ad on craigslist recruiting several dozen people to show up for a job interview at a bank wearing a "Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask ... and, if possible, a blue shirt." Then, the robber showed up, dressed in the aforementioned outfit, at the same time as the internet job seekers. Successfully camouflaged by the crowd, the thief pepper-sprayed an armored car guard, grabbed some sacks of lewts and took off. He jumped into a river, where he'd cleverly stashed an inflated inner-tube and floated off down the stream to freedom and financial independence.
Seattle FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs called the robbery uncommon and said, "I do remember one time we had a bank robbery in Olympia, and the guy got into scuba gear and dove into the water... I thought that was the most bizarre thing I'd ever heard until today."
Creativity in crime is so satisfying
