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Things that crack me up: Police create a MySpace for bank robber

Posted on March 3rd, 2007 by TK

I can hardly wait until the ACLU finds this guy and files a case against the police department for violating the “alleged” robber’s rights to a legitimate MySpace. You know that is where this one is headed! Also,I am impressed with the officer who convinced the captain to go with this idea. Just look at this creative writing:

I am around 60 years old, I robbed a bank in North Little Rock, AR on January 8th, one in Fort Smith, AR on January 24, one in Van Buren, AR on February 12, and one in Alma, AR on February 22. I always use a small caliber handgun to commit these robberies and I haven’t been caught yet. Nobody seems to be able to identify me and there is a sizable reward for information leading to my arrest but so far, I am going undetected. I am average height and weight but I have very noticable scaring on my neck and lower jaw. These scars were likely caused by acne earlier in life but there’s no hiding it. I also have a small bald spot on the crown of my head and my hair is mostly gray. I most likely live in Arkansas, Oklahoma or Missouri but could live somewhere else. If you know me, call your local law enforcement agency and tell them who I am or you can just call Crime Stoppers at 479-782-7463 and remain anonymous. I NEED TO BE STOPPED BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT!!!

What’s the funniest part of all? The fact that this bank robber (whose MySpace rights have been violated) has ~~125~~ ~~514~~ 543 MySpace friends and counting. It seems the ladies love him! Check out the Sergeant; she’s hot! This bank robber is eventually going to crack and try to contact his hot chick friends, I think. If I had more time and nothing else to do, I’d check out those linking pages for clues. This is a movie in the making! As always, the internet never fails to entertain. Here’s the original story that led to my entertainment this morning…

Police try MySpace to nab bank robber by Jon Gambrell

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A brazen bank robber with nothing but a baseball cap and dark sunglasses hiding his face is one of the latest members of the social-networking Web site MySpace, and he wants to meet “more bank tellers so that I can continue my crime spree!!!” Even though MySpace is popular with teenagers, Fort Smith police Sgt. Jarrard Copeland created the profile Friday hoping someone will recognize the man estimated to be about 60 and suspected in four bank robberies across Arkansas. “We figure that might be one way to get this photo outside of the market,” he said. Amid a backdrop of $100 bills and a song “Citizens on Patrol” from the movie “Police Academy,” the profile displays several photos from a Feb. 22 robbery at a U.S. Bank branch in Alma in which the suspect wore a blue jacket with “FBI” lettering on the left front and a blue ball cap. “The pictures are definitely clear enough and there’s enough of his face and facial features exposed that someone who knows him will definitely recognize him and hopefully they’ll call police,” Copeland said. The photo gallery shows a series of bank security camera photographs, including comic captions like “Here I am robbing the Van Buren bank. See my little gun?” and “I’m robbing the bank in Fort Smith here…. I’m so cool!!!” Copeland said he didn’t go out of his way to ridicule the robber. “I’m not concerned about taunting him,” he said. “If it can get him flustered and it can cause him to slip up and make a mistake, it might help us apprehend him.” Steve Frazier, an FBI spokesman based in Little Rock, said his agency “didn’t have a problem” with the MySpace effort, though it would stick with its traditional bulletins to the media. Frazier said agents met with the state police and local police departments this week to discuss leads on the case. “We’re working it pretty strong,” Frazier said. “Whenever they commit multiple bank robberies, we throw a lot of resources at it.