Posted on 08/10/2004 10:25:13 AM PDT by jtminton
Customers at Craig's Collision Center react in all sorts of ways when they learn how much repairs to their cars will cost.
But rarely is their reaction this extreme.
Police say two men driving a rental car were arrested Monday in connection with a bank robbery that occurred a few hours after the men dropped off a truck for body work.
"I told him he had a $996 deductible and that it would be due when he picked up the truck," said Doug Germany, customer service manager. "His eyes got a little wide."
The men, in their 50s, brought the 1997 GMC truck with right-side damage into the shop in the 4900 block of North Beach Street about 10 a.m., Germany said.
They rented a car from a Hertz rental branch at the collision center, he said. After lunch, authorities showed up wanting to know who had rented the car.
A man with a handgun had robbed the Frost Bank at 6301 N. Beach St. Witnesses saw him getting into the car, which another man was driving, robbery Detective D.E. Owings said.
While authorities were at the shop, the man called and said he wanted to come by to upgrade his rental agreement, Germany said.
SWAT officers arrested him when he arrived.
"I guess he needed the money," Germany said. "It's not all that uncommon for a customer to not know their deductible until you tell them."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Branch, (817) 390-7689 abranch@star-telegram.com
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