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.
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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.
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“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.
[…]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.
Geez, these stories write themselves… robber hires decoys on Craigslist and escapes on inner-tube. Har!
Fantastic! I say we reward the creativity by not investigating it further.
The money was insured and only the banks lost. Screw em’.
It probably violates the Craigslist EULA.
If there were awards for robberies, this guy would get one for creativeness.
The son of D.B. Cooper.
Crowd sourcing a bank robbery … marvelous!!! That’s thinking with your head. It is a good thing for the cops that most criminals are dumber than they are.