Posted on 08/06/2009 7:01:04 AM PDT by george76
Luke Carroll, half of the so-called “Dumb and Dumber” duo that robbed a Vail Village bank in 2005, was returned to his home country of Australia this week, immigration officials said Wednesday.
Carroll was sentenced to five years in prison for his part in the WestStar Bank heist, in which he and friend Anthony Prince made off with about $130,000, only to be arrested a day later.
Seasonal ski shop employees Carroll and Prince made headlines for their blunders during and after the robbery. As they robbed the bank using BB guns, they wore name tags from their ski shop and they did not disguise their accents.
A day after the robbery, police used photos from a prior arrest... to identify and arrest them at Denver International Airport as they tried to catch a flight to Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at vaildaily.com ...
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