A man robbing a bank in the US made a big mistake. He demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks.
Not surprisingly, he was soon caught.
Forest Kelly Bissonnette, 27, tried to scribble out his name on the check. He then handed the note to a teller on Sep. 5 at the bank in Englewood, Colorado.
"We could still make [his name] out even though he blacked it out," FBI agent Rene VonderHaar said. Nearly US$5,000 (NT$165,823) was taken in the robbery.
A video from the bank showed a suspect who looks like Bissonnette. Also, a man called the police. He said a man named Forest Kelly had told him he got US$5,000 in a bank robbery.
Bissonnette turned himself in. (Staff Writer, with AP)
在美國有一個銀行搶匪犯了一個天大的錯誤。他寫了一張便條要求銀行行員把錢交出來，而這張便條竟然是他自己的支票。
不出所料，他很快就被逮捕了。
佛里斯．凱力．畢索奈，今年二十七歲，在他的支票上亂畫塗掉自己的名字。然後在九月五日，他到科羅拉多州恩格爾伍德市的一間銀行，將這張紙條遞給行員。
「雖然他將名字的部份塗黑，但我們仍可以清楚地辨識他的名字，」美國聯邦調查局探員瑞恩:范德哈爾說。這次搶劫的損失將近有五千美元（新台幣十六萬五千八百二十三元）。
被搶銀行提供的監視錄影帶中發現一名和畢索奈十分相似的嫌犯。另外，有一名男子報警檢舉，指稱一名名叫佛里斯．凱力的男子告訴他，在一次銀行搶劫中得手五千美元。
畢索奈根本就是自投羅網。
（美聯社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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