April 29, 2004

Dumb Criminal

From Yahoo/Reuters: bq. Fort Worth police said Sharon Luck, 43, was arrested on suspicion of robbing a bank in the city early on Wednesday, after a woman gave a bank teller a threatening note and walked out with cash to which the dye pack had been attached. OK - now how did they catch her? bq. Luck is suspected of taking the money to a bank in Burleson, about 20 miles away. Police said she was apparently going to deposit the stolen cash when things went awry. bq. "When she opened her purse, the dye pack detonated," said Lt. Abdul Pridgen, a Fort Worth police spokesman. Geeezzz - you rob a bank and then go deposit the money in another bank without checking it first? Posted by DaveH at April 29, 2004 4:20 PM