Write And Wrong
We found an interesting new blog today that combines some of the elements of our dumb criminal posts with the personal touch of Found magazine.
Welcome to Bank Notes, a collection of actual notes handed to bank tellers by both successful and unsuccessful robbers, along with security camera stills and mugshots if the perp was arrested. Most are chilling in their desperation. Sort of like Twitter, but with more of an actual goal in mind.
Perhaps my favorite part of the site are the categories, cleverly organized so you could see, for example, all of the robberies where the bandit says "thanks." While there is only a small sample group of these polite thieves, it appears that minding one's manners doesn't necessarily aid the career of a would-be bank robber.
All three of the individuals who wrote "thanks" in their notes were eventually arrested.
Other highlights include the guy who specifically wrote "no tracking devices" and was caught by a tracking device, the bandit who successfully knocked off a bank with a cereal box, and the 91-year-old bank robber who was a man of few words.
(HT to boingboing for the find)
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