Clown Robs Bank, Uses Taxi to and From (True Story)

The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 10-31-03 | ELLYDE ROKO

[BSunday]

Woman in clown costume robs Virginia Beach bank

A security camera caught this image of the female clown who robbed a Bank of America branch. POLICE PHOTO.

By ELLYDE ROKO, The Virginian-Pilot © October 31, 2003 | Last updated 1:02 AM Oct. 31

VIRGINIA BEACH — A woman in a clown costume and multicolored, curly wig robbed a Bank of America Thursday morning.

Police say that at 11:30 a.m., the clown handed a teller at the Bank of America in the 3300 block of Virginia Beach Boulevard a note demanding money. The teller gave the woman the money.

Police described the suspect as wearing white face paint and a multicolored clown costume at the time of the robbery. The wig was red, yellow and purple. The woman also was wearing a red or maroon undershirt, white gloves and white shoes. She is described as being between 5-feet, 5 inches and 5 feet, 7 inches tall and between 140 and 170 pounds.

She was carrying a blue backpack.

The bank employees said they were not alarmed initially when the costumed woman entered the bank, said Virginia Beach police spokesman Don Rimer.

“They didn’t think it was unusual to see a clown because it’s the day before Halloween, and people are having parties,” he said. “They thought it was unusual that the clown robbed the bank.”

Police say a taxi took the woman to the bank from the Collins Square Shopping Center in the 4000 block of Virginia Beach Blvd. The same taxi returned the suspect to the shopping center.

Rimer said police had interviewed the cab driver and do not consider that person an accomplice.

Through interviews with bank employees, police determined that the woman likely had a weapon, Rimer said.

Although the female clown did not display or imply that she had a weapon, police say she should be considered armed and dangerous.

Police are interviewing local costume shops and urge anyone with information on the crime to call 1-888-LOCK-U-UP. The case remains under investigation.

[BSunday]

Paging mhking....

[BSunday]

I officially nominate this one for a JD ping...

[The G Man]

That would make a good movie. Oh, wait ...

[thinktwice]

How much did she get?

[4mycountry]

Now there's a "What were you thinking?" nominee.

[wimpycat]

“They thought it was unusual that the clown robbed the bank.”

That's what they get for believing clowns are upstanding citizens.

[metalboy]

WoW!! What a great idea! Rob a bank on halloween! Alright! Now I can pay my NYC taxes! ha ha! I live in NYC and I swear, anyone who lives there knows, every single day people are robbing banks around here. I woke up this morning, open the police blotter section, and walla..Bank robbed bank robbed bank robbed. Hey, that`s what you get when you elect Hitlery as your Senator and just about every other liberal in existence to represent you...It`s called getting hosed! People are robbing banks because they`re getting robbed themselves. Everything in this city is tax tax tax tax tax tax tax...Get your paycheck and watch as it`s ripped to pieces.. City tax state tax buy this tax buy that tax this tax that tax sneeze tax sleep tax eat tax breathe tax living tax death tax existing in the fourth realm of existence tax tax tax

[nevergore]

"That's what they get for believing clowns are upstanding citizens."

NeverGore

[Dante3]

Igt wasn't Halloween yet. And no one though it was odd someone in disguise walked into the bank? Or maybe they get a lot of clowns.

[Lazamataz]

Wait'll they get a load of me....

[mystery-ak]

You should always be alarmed when a clown enters your building...they are evil and up to no good, like scaring young children....

[ErnBatavia]

5 foot 5 to 5 foot 7 - too short to be Janet Reno.

[BSunday]

There are plenty of clowns around this area, but most of them are on the road.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

The teller gave the woman the money.

When someone dresses as a clown you know they're serious. Oh, wait...

[GreenLanternCorps]

She's the "crying on the inside" kind of clown...