How not to rob a bank
By Nadia Pflaum in News
Friday, May. 8 2009 @ 11:32AM


Don't leave your wallet at the scene, m'kay?

Albert Vincent Perkins, 39, of Kansas City, allegedly walked into the First Federal Bank at 4227 Blue Ridge Blvd. around 9 a.m. yesterday, May 7. He placed a checking brochure and a wallet on the counter, gave the teller a plastic bag, and told her to give him all the $100 bills in her drawer. He left with $3,129.

The teller told law enforcement agents that Perkins seemed agitated and nervous -- so much so that he left his wallet sitting on her counter. Both the bank teller and a customer who was in the bank identified Perkins' photo on his driver's license as the bank robber.

Hate it when that happens.

Perkins was charged yesterday in federal court, in the Western District of Missouri.

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/05/how_not_to_rob_a_bank_1.php

NEW YORK, - An ex-con allegedly tried to rob two people in New York, police said, but didn't notice his intended victims were police officers -- in uniform.

Police said 33-year-old Jermaine Washington allegedly was so intent on robbing someone Saturday that he pulled a fake handgun on the two armed police officers as they walked through Riverside Park, The New York Daily News said.

"It was stupid criminal tricks," a police source said. "The guy didn't even look to see who was coming."

After Washington allegedly pulled his fake gun, the two officers drew their real weapons and Washington surrendered after a short but tense standoff.
-UPI