An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines. The kidnapper then proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank account. A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Shop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. The robber apparently stuffed the loot down the front of his pants as he was running out the door.
Police have the man's charred trousers in custody.
In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun but unfortunately he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.