bad ass On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway.I doubt they're > going to catch this guy :) > > 06:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 > > MONROE, Wash. In a move that could be right out of a Hollywood > movie, a brazen crook apparently used a Craigslist ad to hire a dozen > unsuspecting decoys to help him make his getaway following a robbery > outside a bank on Tuesday. He then made his escape in an inner tube on > the Skykomish River. > > The robbery happened about 11 a.m. on an armored truck guard at a Bank > of America branch. > > "He was wearing a dust mask, a particle mask. At first I thought it > might be a surgical mask. I still didn't think anything was wrong, > just unusual. Then I noticed he had a pump sprayer," said Mitch Ruth, > who had looked out his office window and noticed the man walking into > the bank. > > The robber sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed a bag of money > the guard was carrying and ran about 100 yards to the creek that runs > into the Skykomish River, shedding clothes as he ran. > > But apparently, the robber had planned ahead. In case anyone was hot > on his trail, he had at least a dozen unsuspecting decoys waiting > nearby, which he recruited on Craigslist. > > An armored car sits outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash. > on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Police say a man tried to rob the car, > then jumped into a creek that led to the Skykomish River. > > "I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an > hour," said Mike, who saw a Craigslist ad last week looking for > workers for a road maintenance project in Monroe. > > He said he inquired and was e-mailed back with instructions to meet > near the Bank of America in Monroe at 11 a.m. Tuesday. He also was > told to wear certain work clothing. > > "Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask and, if possible, a > blue shirt," he said. > > Mike showed up along with about a dozen other men dressed like him, > but there was no contractor and no road work to be done. He thought > they had been stood up until he heard about the bank robbery and the > suspect who wore the same attire. > > From there, the crook made his watery escape in a creek that dumps out > into the Skykomish River. One witness said the robber swam away, but > another said he used an inner tube to get away. > > "We did get an inner tube that was about 200 yards from the place > where he entered the water and took that for evidence," said Debbie > Willis, Monroe Police. > > Investigators believe accomplices could have picked the robber up at a > nearby boat launch or park. > > The FBI is helping Monroe Police trace the ad and want to talk to > anyone who responded. > > "Any piece of information anyone has could be the piece of the puzzle > we need to apprehend the suspects," said Debbie Willis, Monroe Police. > > Some Monroe residents, while not endorsing what the robber did, are > somewhat amused. > > "Creative. Not a right way of doing it, but creative," said Monroe > resident Byron Bevard. > > "I grew up in LA and I never heard of anything so crazy in my life," > said resident Sarah Vazquez. > > The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, between 5-foot-7 > and 5-foot-10, wearing a dark blue shirt, jean shorts and a mask. > > http://www.king5.com/topsto...p=3#slcgm_comments_anchor > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272097 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
