Bank robber hires decoys on Craigslist, fools cops

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In an elaborate robbery scheme that's one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.

It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. "A great amount of money" was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.

It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.

But here's the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance workers, promising wages of $28.50 per hour. Recruits were asked to wait near the Bank of America right around the time of the robbery--wearing yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt. At least a dozen of them showed up after responding to the Craigslist ad.

"I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour," one of the unwitting decoys, named Mike, said to the NBC station. As it turns out, they were simply placed there to confuse cops who were looking for a guy wearing a virtually identical outfit.

Authorities eventually found the getaway inner tube (a getaway inner tube!) and suspect that accomplices may have picked up the robber in a boat. According to the NBC affiliate, police hope to track him down by figuring out who posted the Craigslist ad in the first place.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was not immediately available for comment.

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Wow, this guy gets bonus points for robbing a bank without killing anyone and doing it with style, lmao.

Woah, that guy really knew what he was doing. Well thought out plan heh

That was really smart of him.

Ha, those cops got owned =p

Wow.
That was rather well thought out and planned.
And yes, with flare.
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Two points for doing something original, but minus three for robbing a bank. :<
That's negative one, mister!

Definitely deserves some respect for doing it in style...

I wish I was there. I would have laugh until I stop breathing. What a clever way to escape.

Wow, that was a really good thought out plan.

I would have laughed so hard.:lol:

No extra points yet unless he used a disposable laptop to post it via wirelessly using someone else's wireless internet... Now THAT would be completely untraceable.

dang that was really smart

well done Mr.robber :)_

lol wow that is one smart rober -) well planed and no injuries

That just seems to easy.

So clever, yet so simple.

Very clever. This man is really a genius.

woot! this guy is great! props to him... great and an elaborated plan. Love to see those stuff succeed.

Very clever, indeed.

LOL! i would lol if i was there..... that is pure ownage.

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Originally Posted by Rishwin

No extra points yet unless he used a disposable laptop to post it via wirelessly using someone else's wireless internet... Now THAT would be completely untraceable.

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its possible to remove every trace of you hacking or something in 20 seconds. boot up a computer using os from a thumbdrive thats small. post. off the computer. swallow the thumbdrive. since all data is stored on the drive and RAM, which disappears when the power to it is cut, swallowing the thumbdrive removes any possible trace left. so, if he's smart, he'll do that.

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I just hope he doesnt get caught. He is too smart a talent to rot in jail.

And they did say - a lie is not a lie and a crime is not a crime until its caught. :)

Wow, now that is style.

Or uses a cybercafe to post the ad.

I'd let him keep the money. Sounds like an awesome hollywood flick. :)

That deserves some respect and appreciation.
What a smart guy.

If they cant trace him, the guy deserves the money for being smart.

But what I find really funny is that people all their thought towards things like this. They never do it for anything good lol.

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Originally Posted by I Rule MU

If they cant trace him, the guy deserves the money for being smart.

But what I find really funny is that people all their thought towards things like this. They never do it for anything good lol.

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LOL just imagine if they actually tried this hard and thought up some good ideas, for something good instead of bombings or robberies.

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Originally Posted by 0wned

LOL just imagine if they actually tried this hard and thought up some good ideas, for something good instead of bombings or robberies.

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Exactly. I mean if you put this perspective of thought into something productive like discovering the cure for Nuklear's disease, then you could be helping the world and making money.

But then something like that would take longer to do and stealing apparently is more fun.