Police officer turns bank robber

Dub13

The world is getting more weird as each year goes by.

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ATLANTA (Reuters) - An Atlanta policeman has confessed to a string of armed bank robberies in the Southern U.S. city, according to the FBI.


Stanley Street, a 17-year veteran of the city police department, admitted to FBI agents this week that he robbed three Wachovia bank branches at gunpoint this summer, FBI agent Chad Fitzgerald said in a written statement in federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday.


Street, who took about $90,000 (50,000 pounds) and threatened to kill bank employees during his heists, said he needed money to support his 6-year-old daughter and pay the staff of his private security firm.


He was tripped up after a Wachovia customer observed him getting into a car following a bank robbery on Tuesday. The witness followed Street's car and telephoned the license plate number to a 911 operator.


Street said he decided to rob Wachovia branches after discussing security procedures with bank staff.

Gordon

Doesn't really surprise me. What does surprise me is the fact that he used his own car to commit the robbery.

He'll go down well in jail.