Bank Robber Hands out $100 Bills

This cat jacked a bank with a gun in Columbus Ohio, then took off down the street and started handing out money.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Columbus are looking for a man they say robbed a bank near downtown, then handed two $100 bills to passers-by as he ran away. FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas said the man robbed a Huntington Bank branch early Monday afternoon after showing a teller a gun in his waistband. Trombitas said the man was running up the street when he encountered a mother and daughter window-shopping.

If I’m ever in that situation, the first thing I’m gonna do is walk directly into the nearest retail store and spend it immediately.

The robber stopped and gave them each a $100 bill, assured them it was real, then kept running. They took the money to the nearest bank which turned out to be the Huntington branch that was just robbed, and there told police what happened.

All I’m trying to find out is if they got to keep the $200. Shouldn’t it be like a reward or something?

If they would’ve done it my way, and the police and the bank didn’t let them keep the money and made them return the merchandise to the store… all they would’ve gotten back was a store credit at best 🙂