A man admitted to robbing a federal bank after renting a car from a car dealership, driving it to a bank, robbing that bank, and then returning with the cash to try and buy a BMW.
Eric Dion Warren, 50, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting his audacious, if not so well thought out, crime.
The incident took place in 2019, when Warren drove the car borrowed from the dealership to a bank near Lubbock in Texas.
Once he arrived, he placed a fast food restaurant bag on the counter and handed the cashier a note that said, “This is fucking robbery. Play with me and die. I want $ 10,000 in $ 50 and $ 100 bills now. You have 1 minute or I’ll kill you. “
He later pulled out what appeared to be a pistol, and told the bank staff member, “I’m not playing games, I just want 100 and 50.”
According to prosecutors, the bank teller gave him the cash in the bag, but included a roll of $ 20 bills with registered serial numbers.
He then took his $ 5,086 back to the same car dealership where he was seen in the process of buying a black BMW car.
The prosecution team said: “Mr. Warren began waving the cash that he had illegally obtained from the bank robbery at the employees of the car dealership.”
Not the smartest move of all time, is it?
Things started to unravel for Warren when authorities contacted the car dealer a quarter of an hour later to inform them of the getaway car, which had license plates registered with them.
The cops then showed up at the dealership and found Warren, with the cash, as well as a pellet pistol that had been altered to look like a real gun.
He pleaded guilty to the crime in August.
The official statement detailing the crime reads: “Mr. Warren was arrested with $ 5,086 in cash.
“The serial numbers of the money found on Mr. Warren’s person were checked and matched the numbers on the banknotes stolen from AIM bank.
“Police also recovered a painted pellet pistol, which resembles a real pistol, approximately 10 feet away from Mr. Warren at the time of his arrest.
“The demand note delivered to the bank teller was analyzed and confirmed the existence of Mr. Warren’s fingerprints and DNA.”
All in all, it’s not the smartest idea this guy has ever come up with.