Craigslist Decoys: Man Robs Bank

More Craigslist goodness. As you all know I have some sort of weird fascination with Craigslist. When I saw this news article I was overwhelmed with joy and other types of emotions like that.

A man in Monroe, Washington robbed a Bank of America September 30th at 11am. You know the armored trucks that carry money in and out? The man came to the bank wearing a dust mask; he pepper sprayed the guard carrying the money and took off into Skykomish River. Bystanders said the man used an, inner tube to escape.

That’s right, an inner tube. How the fuck would you manage to float down some small ass rocky river in a fucking inner tube. It’s not like it even has a motor or anything. If you’re going to rob a bank, I don’t think floating down the magical river at 1.5MPH will get you away from the bank you just robbed. But supposedly it did.

Here is the juice of this story. The man used Craigslist to hire 12 people to pose as decoys. He posted an ad offering a job for road work. He told the men to wear a dust mask and the exact same clothing as him. Smart? You bet it. He offered $28.50 for this job, hell I would have done it. Now that’s some Oceans 13 shit right there!

The men who took on the job were told to meet near the bank at 11am. They all stood there with no contractors or any work to be done, they later learned of what happened.

The moral of this story: For the smart ass idea of using decoys, you would think you would have some james bond shit to follow it up with, like a jet pack escape. Instead an inner tube chase down the river.