Some people just have tenacity... and a fantasy about being either Starsky or Hutch. Today's story comes from Anchorage Alaska where people obviously have high hopes for the goofiest of ideas. Our main character in this piece is one Christopher Todd Mayer, a 45 year old man who had an idea...I'll be it a stupid idea...but an idea all the same.
Short on cash, (and brains) Chris decided to rob a local bank. Now you might be saying to yourself, "self...lots of people rob banks...that makes them bad guys, not necessarily stupid", and you'd be right except on the occasion of poor Chris here who decided to rob the bank on a bicycle.
Yup, Chris got on his BMX and peddled his little heart out to the local bank in down town Anchorage and robbed them. Chris went into the bank with a bandana on his face and told the teller, "this is a robbery, give me your money fast". Fast? Really? He wanted the money fast so he could jump on his getaway bike and take off at the speed of...well...a five year old?
So Chris takes his backpack full of cash and runs outside and jumps on his bike. The police after a short half block chase pull along side of Chris and tell him "pull over", Chris refuses...he refuses...I'm betting at this point the cops were busting up. The cops gave chase and followed Chris onto the local bike path. Another police car pulled across the bike path in front of the bank robber and instead of stopping the bike, Chris rode straight into the patrol car and in true Starsky and Hutch style, slid across the hood and.....hit the ground on the other side. He apparently did not land on his feet. But was this going to stop Chris...nope, he got up and ran another half a block before being tackled by an officer.
So the moral of this story is...never rob a bank on a bicycle and pay better attention to those 70's cop drama moves.
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