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01-24-2012, 06:47 AM
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There's no such thing as the perfect crime, but some criminals are clearly more perfect than others. According to UT San Diego, a man wearing latex gloves and sunglasses recently strolled into a Chase Bank in San Diego, pointed a gun at a teller and began demanding money. The teller wisely obliged, handing over $2,920 in cash before the robber took to his vehicle and fled in a white Ford Expedition (http://www.autoblog.comt/tag/ford expedition). Onlookers were quick to jot down the vehicle's vanity license plate, which read ALMDUDE. It didn't take police long to track down the vehicle's owner, 27-year-old Robert Alm.
While we're not surprised to hear of a their using their own vehicle to flee a crime scene, using one with vanity plates (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/vanity plate) proudly proclaiming the thief's name is something new. Alm has since been booked on suspicion of robbery. Police (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/police) say the man is homeless and has been living in the Expedition.CA bank robber foiled by vanity plates bearing own name (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/24/ca-bank-robber-foiled-by-vanity-plates-bearing-own-name/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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There's no such thing as the perfect crime, but some criminals are clearly more perfect than others. According to UT San Diego, a man wearing latex gloves and sunglasses recently strolled into a Chase Bank in San Diego, pointed a gun at a teller and began demanding money. The teller wisely obliged, handing over $2,920 in cash before the robber took to his vehicle and fled in a white Ford Expedition (http://www.autoblog.comt/tag/ford expedition). Onlookers were quick to jot down the vehicle's vanity license plate, which read ALMDUDE. It didn't take police long to track down the vehicle's owner, 27-year-old Robert Alm.
While we're not surprised to hear of a their using their own vehicle to flee a crime scene, using one with vanity plates (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/vanity plate) proudly proclaiming the thief's name is something new. Alm has since been booked on suspicion of robbery. Police (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/police) say the man is homeless and has been living in the Expedition.CA bank robber foiled by vanity plates bearing own name (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/24/ca-bank-robber-foiled-by-vanity-plates-bearing-own-name/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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