"DUMB ROBBERS"

Aug 7, 2007

Robber forgets bag, leaves without money
A bank teller apparently flustered a would-be bank robber — and foiled a robbery — after asking where the suspect's bag was to carry off the money, authorities said.
Oakland County Sheriff's Detective Tom Bisio said the suspect entered a Chase Bank branch Monday wearing a hooded sweat shirt, sunglasses and winter gloves. He handed the teller a small piece of cardboard that read, "Give me your money."
"He told a teller to 'hurry up,' but when she asked him if he had a bag to put the money into, it must have flustered him," Bisio told The Detroit News for a story Tuesday. "He ran off without any cash."
Police say the man also is a suspect in a completed bank theft later Monday in Macomb County and three others in Oakland County in recent weeks.


http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/07/31/news/metro/30b0d2f2741a291186257329004c82d5.txt July 31, 2007


Waterloo police investigate armed robbery
WATERLOO, IOWA--- Three robbers left their loot behind after sticking up a convenience store and beating the clerk this morning. The trio entered the Kwik Stop at 1761 Independence Ave. at about 1:30 a.m. One of them displayed a handgun, and they demanded money and ordered the worker to get to the back of the store, police said. The employee told them to take anything they wanted, said Lt. Rich Carter with the Waterloo Police Department. The robbers loaded cash and bottles of alcohol into a backpack, and one of the intruders struck him once with the pistol, police said. The weapon wasn't fired, police said.When they fled, they left the backpack in the store. The clerk was treated at the scene by Waterloo Fire Rescue. A search of the area was conducted by members of the Waterloo Police Department and Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office. No arrests have been made, and the incident remains under investigation. The robbers are described as black males in their teens.