Police: Well-dressed elderly man robs Calif. bank

[Farang1]

Police: Well-dressed elderly man robs Calif. bank

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Authorities say a well-dressed elderly man carrying an oxygen tank has robbed a bank in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.

San Diego police Sgt. Ray Battrick says the suspect on Saturday presented a note demanding money to a teller at the San Diego National Bank. He fled with an unknown amount of cash.

Battrick says it's unclear whether the suspect had a weapon.

The robber is described as a tall man in his 70s with white hair, a gray mustache and glasses. He was wearing a white beret, argyle sweater and brown sports jacket.

Battrick says the oxygen tank was in a black bag and connected to the man's nose with plastic tubing.

Bank robbery being a felony, maybe he wants to go to prison to take advantage of the free medical

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_elderly_bank_robber

[polehawk]

An old man robbing a bank while carrying an oxygen tank? Maybe the cashier thought he was like the villainous character, Chigurh, in the "No Country for Old Men" movie and didn't want to risk getting a slug in the forehead.



Anton Chigurh: "Would you hold still, please, sir?"

[beer monkey]

The robber is described as a tall man in his 70s with white hair, a gray mustache and glasses. He was wearing a white beret, argyle sweater and brown sports jacket.

Battrick says the oxygen tank was in a black bag and connected to the man's nose with plastic tubing.

Shouldn't be hard to spot him mincing around town..(Unless it was a clever disguise).....but what about a 'line-up'....that could prove to be difficult to get 7 others like him..

[Bertie_Wooster]

I hope he did not out run the security guard.


Bertie_Wooster