Man Robs Ohio Bank Hands Passers-by $100 Bills
Updated May 03, 2010
Associated Press
The robber stopped and gave them each a $100 bill, assured them it was real, then kept running.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police in Columbus are looking for a man they say robbed a bank near downtown, then handed two $100 bills to passers-by as he ran away.
FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas says the man robbed a Huntington Bank branch early Monday afternoon after showing a teller a gun in his waistband.
Trombitas says the man was running up the street when he encountered a mother and daughter window-shopping.
The robber stopped and gave them each a $100 bill, assured them it was real, then kept running.
Trombitas says the mother and daughter from the Cleveland area were in town for a visit to Ohio State.
They took the money to the nearest bank which turned out to be the Huntington branch that was just robbed, and there told police what happened.
Updated May 03, 2010
Associated Press
The robber stopped and gave them each a $100 bill, assured them it was real, then kept running.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police in Columbus are looking for a man they say robbed a bank near downtown, then handed two $100 bills to passers-by as he ran away.
FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas says the man robbed a Huntington Bank branch early Monday afternoon after showing a teller a gun in his waistband.
Trombitas says the man was running up the street when he encountered a mother and daughter window-shopping.
The robber stopped and gave them each a $100 bill, assured them it was real, then kept running.
Trombitas says the mother and daughter from the Cleveland area were in town for a visit to Ohio State.
They took the money to the nearest bank which turned out to be the Huntington branch that was just robbed, and there told police what happened.
