bank robbers

People might be getting desperate for a little extra money, but they’re also getting creative.

There’s been a surge of bank robberies around the country and they’re gaining attention not for the amount of money stolen, but for the disguises chosen. Earlier this week police in New York arrested the bouquet bandit.

Forty four year old Edward Pemberton is accused of robbing two banks with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant. Police say he would pull out notes from his flowers demanding money and hand it to bank tellers. And while New York police may have put a stop to his crime spree after he left his flowers at the last bank, they are still on the lookout for the person who robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and cape from the movie star wars.  read more »

It takes a desperate man to rob a bank, but it takes a stupid man to rob the same bank twice.

This recession has many people turning to extreme measures to stay afloat. But one man in Germany was so desperate for some extra cash he attempted to make a forced withdrawal from his local bank, not once but twice and in a 24 hour time span. A police spokesman says the 50 year old felon was released from jail for holding up a bank in northern Germany. A few hours later he returned to the same bank, flashed a pistol and said “I was here yesterday and I want money again today.”  read more »