Should’ve been in California where you get off scott free for such small amounts.
Well, now he gets free room and board.
Can he enter a plea stating he is a Californian and thought anything below $950 was a “freebie”?
Meanwhile, those who annoy can steal $950 in merchandise and gets a fist bump. This countrys law enforcement SUCKS!
I don’t like this story.
I’m 67 and still pretty vital. I don’t like a 67 year old person being labeled as ‘elderly.’
Guess it depends on your health and vitality.
I could have accepted “Senior Citizen.” Elderly just sounds like he’s an escapee from a nursing home.
His best bet was to go over the border,renounce his citizenship , and sneak back in as an illegal.He would have been set for life.( Of course this is said in jest since it would Boston him at least $1500 yo renounce his citizenship)
Didn’t really need “elderly” as a descriptor. Florida man/woman works for all age ranges. :)
He didn’t rob the bank of anything. He did not get $650.
He says he needed $650 for the rent. But if the teller had stuffed the bag with $20,000, I don’t think he would have given $19,350 back.
Bank robbery is bank robbery. He deserves everything he has coming.
67 elderly? Bwaahha!
Bad plan. Go to a state where shoplifting under $950 is a misdemeanor and they don’t bother you. Then fence the stuff on eBay. Two or three heists and he would have made a thousand bucks.
Bank robbery is complicated...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VdMdboymT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R13NZ3yw4Y
Those tellers are going to get in trouble. The FDIC usually requires you follow such instructions. Not following them can get people killed—and since the deposits are insured, there is no reason to push back.
The tellers in our bank were trained over and over, the money is not worth your life. But we had tellers executed during a robbery years ago—so the message was a little more relevant to our bank.
This reminds me of the classic Woody Allen scene:
“I have a gub”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VdMdboymT8