TIL In 2019 a man robbed a bank, threw the money out onto the street, and shouted “Merry Christmas!” He then went to a Starbucks where he waited to be arrested.
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TIL In 2019 a man robbed a bank, threw the money out onto the street, and shouted “Merry Christmas!” He then went to a Starbucks where he waited to be arrested.
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Don’t know how correct all this is but comes under “never let the truth get in the way of a good story”.
I like it.
Santa chose an interesting way to retire.
I would love to hear his story, but if I had to guess it doesn’t end well – not just imprisonment. It seems like something you would do if you had decided to leave it all behind.
The real Santa Claus
Santa didn’t know about [Theft by Finding](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_by_finding) 😞
“He is not believed to have had any little helpers.”
And they say journalism is dead.
>In a particularly festive gesture, the passers-by are reported to have scooped up all the money from the street and taken it back inside the bank.
Yeah… ok. That was probably a wise move. Dunno if any bills vanished along the way though.
Talk about a Chaotically Good gesture.
>In a particularly festive gesture, the passers-by are reported to have scooped up all the money from the street and taken it back inside the bank.
That’s, uh, totally what I would have done. Yup, definitely.
“You are bad guy. But this does not mean you are bad *guy*.”
So, he’s not a good Bank Robber. But was he an interesting Santa Variant?
A lot of homeless people will commit crimes just to go to jail and have shelter, it’s a sad reality.
“Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world earn.”
It says the people walking by scooped up the money and returned it to the bank. … lol
Poor guy. I respect that they arrested him, but he must have been in a rough place mentally. I hope he finds his way.
Edit: Added in ‘he’
This sounds like he wanted to go to prison (or back to prison). Maybe he just wanted consistent food and shelter. Maybe he was trying to run away from a problem.
I hope he gets the help he needs.
If he was in the US I’d assume that he had an illness and needed medical treatment but couldn’t afford it. Prisoners get free healthcare.
He was probably homeless, and this being the US, the only way he could get health care, enough food to eat would be to be incarcerated. He did it to get off the street.
Funny story…
A guy I went to high school with robbed a local bank, used the cash to hire a limo to drive him to K-mart to buy his girlfriend some gifts.
He got arrested in that very same K-mart during his purchase.
Once he was released, he robbed the very same bank… Again.
If I remember correctly, I believe he was a homeless dude that just wanted somewhere warm for the winter.
I can promise you I would not be giving the fuckin bank the money lmao y’all got insurance, I’m buying some new shoes
I’ve seen this happen several times.
Most where people with a serious medical problem – which the prison system was obliged to treat.
Free meals and health care in prison
Twist: his name was Robin Clausen
*picks up $2,000*
“Wow, I better return this $300 dollars to the bank right away!” 😊
Once I tried the same thing. I stole a tank full of hot coffee from Starbucks. There was a hose on the tank – I sprayed the hot coffee on a crowd of people as I shouted, “Merry Christmas!”
The crowd turned on me, I guess nobody wanted hot coffee sprayed on them in June.
Hmm.. get arrested, sent to jail, 3 hots and a cot. And amenities like tv, books, and heath care until I die.
At some point in my old age, this might actually seemed like a reasonable retirement plan.