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re: Robbing a bank
Posted on 2/20/25 at 9:44 am to indytiger
Posted on 2/20/25 at 9:44 am to indytiger
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How the frick do so many TD posters personally know bank robbers
Guy I went to HS with, his dad was a rather successful bank robber. Apparently robbed 12 banks over 2 years and got popped on his last one.
He ended up going away for 15 years + restitution. He was a seemingly normal guy too. Loved working on cars, not married
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:09 am to idlewatcher
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Guy I went to HS with, his dad was a rather successful bank robber. Apparently robbed 12 banks over 2 years and got popped on his last one.
He ended up going away for 15 years + restitution. He was a seemingly normal guy too. Loved working on cars, not married
That's not my definition of success.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:24 am to Glock17
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A dude I somewhat knew in college robbed a bank wearing an old man mask. He and the dude with him both ended up getting caught. I think he served 5-6 years in fed prison, but he’s out now.
San Antonio? We may know the same dude.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:32 am to deltaland
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I’ve always heard don’t frick with the armored truck workers, they’re better trained than you would think
We have ATMs in my building and I've been next to the guy refilling it as I waited. He drove the armored truck. Made pleasantries with him. Iraqi war veteran with neck tattoos and cauliflower ears. Certainly didn't seem to be the type to mess with
This post was edited on 2/20/25 at 11:33 am
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:33 am to deltaland
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I would think the easiest banks to rob would be small branches in rural towns, particularly towns with no police force under sheriffs jurisdiction.
Could get in and out fast before any LEO shows up
Hell or High Water
Great movie.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:54 am to CatfishJohn
Years ago in Athens, some guys in rent-a-cop security uniforms stood outside the night deposit box outside the bank. Told the depositors that someone had broken a key in the box. Friday night. Had a metal lock box for them to put the bags in.
Genius.
Genius.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 11:57 am to Lake08
Actually. You can just pass a note and the teller is supposed to give you whats in their drawer. Tell them only loose bills. You'll walk with $3-10k. More they need to open the vault or involve other lanes.
Actually better to rob the armored truck. Can get big money.
The issue with any is getting away. But if you could fly out that day before your ID'd maybe you could get away.
Just doesn't seem worth the risk.
Actually better to rob the armored truck. Can get big money.
The issue with any is getting away. But if you could fly out that day before your ID'd maybe you could get away.
Just doesn't seem worth the risk.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 12:06 pm to Lake08
A service writer at a dealership in Metairie took a customers car on a test drive after work was completed. Decided he could rob a bank while on said test drive and never get caught.
Bank was able to write the plate number down on the getaway car, police went to the house of the car owner and he said his car was at the dealership in Metairie. Service writer had to wear the chrome bracelets.
Bank was able to write the plate number down on the getaway car, police went to the house of the car owner and he said his car was at the dealership in Metairie. Service writer had to wear the chrome bracelets.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 12:06 pm to rented mule
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Antonio? We may know the same dude.
Yup!! Dude seemed to go off the deep end
Posted on 2/20/25 at 12:08 pm to chinhoyang
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1974, a bunch of citizens chased down four bank robbers who robbed the Caddo Mills, Texas bank. Two of the robbers were state troopers, the two others were former state troopers holding other law enforcement jobs.
Dex Morgan will be here shortly.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 12:08 pm to BottomlandBrew
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A friend of mine was a public defender. He said it was surprisingly easy to rob a bank and get away with it. The problem came when they got away with it, that they tried it again. If you just stopped at one bank, your chances were higher than you'd think, but more than one was where people got caught. He also said the take wasn't that great. Just a few thousand in cash these days.
This makes sense, maybe you get away with it 1 or 2 times with good planning, but eventually you (or one of your associates) will mess up and its over. Tends to work like that for most crimes.
Still love The Wire, most of the "bad" guys weren't caught or killed because they had a major screw up, but rather due to an associate screwing them or some minor thing that snowballed into a big thing.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 3:22 pm to Glock17
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Yup!! Dude seemed to go off the deep end
I randomly ran into him about a year ago, he seems to have straightened himself out pretty well. I hope he has.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 3:27 pm to Tiger985
quote:id think fraud and robbery to be two separate line items
The amount banks lose on fraud is staggering.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 3:44 pm to SuperSaint
Robbing is morally wrong... Yet the only concern the OT has apparently is getting away with it. SAD!
Posted on 2/20/25 at 3:46 pm to bigjoe1
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Guy I went to HS with, his dad was a rather successful bank robber. Apparently robbed 12 banks over 2 years and got popped on his last one.
He ended up going away for 15 years + restitution. He was a seemingly normal guy too. Loved working on cars, not married
That's not my definition of success.
11/12
That's an A-.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 3:47 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Yet the only concern the OT has apparently is getting away with it
that, in question form, is permeated throughout the MMPI in different wordings, a lot of posters on here would do miserably on that
This post was edited on 2/20/25 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 2/20/25 at 5:09 pm to rented mule
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randomly ran into him about a year ago, he seems to have straightened himself out pretty well. I hope he has.
Hope so. He was a pretty good dude back at SLU. Figured drugs must’ve gotten a hold of him..He added me on FB a while back.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:08 pm to Lake08
trick is, dont bring a weapon, dont mention a weapon, just give em a note saying "give me all your money in the drawer" or whatever. That way you dont get 35 years for armed robbery
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:16 pm to LemmyLives
quote:Two brothers from Farmerville were arrested for involvement in a mob related ring where they had been stealing loaded semi's, all over the South, and driving them to New York. I think reports said over 50 people were arrested by the FBI that day.
Easier just to steal a loaded semi and take it to NYC to sell.
Posted on 2/20/25 at 8:50 pm to SemperFiDawg
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Most ingenious bank robbery I've ever heard of was about 35 years ago. South Georgia. Opening day of deer season. Guy walked in dressed in camo. Fled in an old pickup truck. Half the population fit his description that day. They never caught him.
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