Deputies: Man returned to beer after bank robbery

[Fuji Vice]

PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a Tampa Bay area man ordered a beer at a bar, left to rob a nearby bank then came back to finish his beer.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says 52-year-old John Robin Whittle was arrested at the Hayloft Bar in Port Richey on Thursday afternoon. Deputies say he's the man who robbed a Wells-Fargo bank branch earlier, but not before stopping off at the Hayloft for a brew.

A bartender there says Whittle ordered a beer, disappeared for about 30 minutes and then returned to his beer. Deputies say they arrested him at the bar about 10 minutes after he left the bank.

Whittle remained in jail early Friday on $10,000 bond. No attorney was listed for him.

Well you probably need a nice cold beer after a hard day's work robbing a bank. I most likely wouldn't have done it at a bar so close to the bank, but hey, this guy doesn't sound all that smart to me anyway.

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

Reminds me of a guy locally who called a bomb threat in to the bank, told them to put the money outside the door, then he decided he would walk up to the front door and wait for them to hand it over. The police showed up, arrested him, and then locked him up. Some people are dumb as hell.

 

[TroyTheAverage]

Priorities. He has them.