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October 3rd, 2008, 11:54 AM
Still hasnt been caught... :rofl:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6036783.html (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6036783.html)
Look-alikes hunting for jobs wind up being decoys for robber
Associated Press
Oct. 2, 2008, 11:02PM
MONROE, WASH. — An online advertisement offered $28.50 an hour to anyone who wore a blue, long-sleeved shirt, yellow safety vest, eye protection and ventilator mask and waited near a bank.
Apparently, it should have been labeled "decoys wanted."
Police said a number of people wearing the specified outfit were waiting near a Bank of America branch Tuesday when a similarly dressed man accosted a Brinks armored truck guard with pepper spray during a cash delivery in Monroe. Police said the man grabbed a bag of money and eluded pursuers.
FBI agents were trying to determine the source of the ad posted on craiglist.org, which ostensibly was seeking landscaping help on a city project, Monroe police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said.
As of Thursday, no one had been arrested and the source of the ad remained undetermined.
A similar ploy was used in the 1999 movie The Thomas Crown Affair, in which an art thief wearing a trench coat and bowler hat makes off with a priceless masterpiece as museum security guards are distracted by several look-alikes the crook hired.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6036783.html (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6036783.html)
Look-alikes hunting for jobs wind up being decoys for robber
Associated Press
Oct. 2, 2008, 11:02PM
MONROE, WASH. — An online advertisement offered $28.50 an hour to anyone who wore a blue, long-sleeved shirt, yellow safety vest, eye protection and ventilator mask and waited near a bank.
Apparently, it should have been labeled "decoys wanted."
Police said a number of people wearing the specified outfit were waiting near a Bank of America branch Tuesday when a similarly dressed man accosted a Brinks armored truck guard with pepper spray during a cash delivery in Monroe. Police said the man grabbed a bag of money and eluded pursuers.
FBI agents were trying to determine the source of the ad posted on craiglist.org, which ostensibly was seeking landscaping help on a city project, Monroe police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said.
As of Thursday, no one had been arrested and the source of the ad remained undetermined.
A similar ploy was used in the 1999 movie The Thomas Crown Affair, in which an art thief wearing a trench coat and bowler hat makes off with a priceless masterpiece as museum security guards are distracted by several look-alikes the crook hired.