Man Attempts to Rob Three Banks in One Day

On Thursday afternoon, a Utica, New York man attempted to rob a bank but left without getting any cash.  So he decided to rob a second bank and still got no cash.  So he entered the third bank and stepped up his game -- cursing at employees and demanding they put money into a bag.

Police received a telephone call from employees at the Key Bank that there was an attempted robbery. Police also received calls from two other banks saying the same man had attempted to rob their banks.

Officers went to "the scene" in an unmarked car and saw a man walking away from the bank. The suspect saw the police and ran away, but police caught him and took him to jail.

It is frustrating to have three failed attempts at bank robbery in one day and still leave without any cash -- well, it's probably because his weapon was a toilet plunger.  This bank robbery business is just not working out for Lawrence Deptola, 49.



Deptola actually threatened employees at Key Bank with the plunger...wow, I bet they were scared.

Since the plunger was found inside First Citizens Bank, this is probably where cops arrested him.

I say in the beginning of this post, Deptola left the banks without any money. There was no mention of any money being taken and it just seems logical that bank employees would not take seriously, a bank robber with a plunger as a weapon.  But, you never know, they could be like the employee who gave a bank robber cash at the drive-up window.

 Peace

Teen Robs Bank In Unusual Way

A 16 year-old boy from Orem, Utah woke up on Saturday morning and thought it was a perfect day for robbing banks.  He took his mom's car and drove to Central Bank, robbed it; drove to American First Credit Union and robbed it...all within 20 minutes and without entering either bank.

It was Saturday and the lobby was closed at both banks.  He drove up at the drive-thru, put a note into the tube and sent it inside to the teller. At each bank, the teller gave him an undisclosed amount of cash.  He implied he had a weapon, but no weapon was used in the robberies.



It's strange that he is a 16 year-old bank robber, of two banks, at the drive-up window, on Saturday morning. But what's even more strange is that the tellers actually gave him money.  Why??

I know banks have standard operating procedures for bank robberies, but this guy was outside the bank (and not even at the drive-up nearest the bank).  The lobby doors were locked and the tellers were inside the banks, behind bullet-proof glass.

It's unbelievable he got money from one bank at the drive-up window, but two banks?  Why wouldn't the tellers just refuse him?  What could he have done? Shot and kidnapped the drive-up window camera?

After being arrested and going to jail, this teen probably understands that what he did was very stupid, but is seems he wasn't the only one who acted stupidly that day.

Peace