Masked Robber uses Craigslist to create decoys
This guy must have finished watching The Dark Knight because this was is a move taken from the Joker.
The robber, who wore a particle dust mask and robbed an armored truck guard outside of a Bank of America branch. He then ran about 100 yards to a creek that runs into the Skykomish River, while throwing away some of his clothes as he ran.
“I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour,” said Mike, who saw a Craigslist ad last week looking for workers for a road maintenance project in Monroe.
He said he inquired and was e-mailed back with instructions to meet near the Bank of America in Monroe at 11 a.m. Tuesday. He also was told to wear certain work clothing.
“Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask… and, if possible, a blue shirt,” he said.
Mike showed up along with about a dozen other men dressed like him, but there was no contractor and no road work to be done. He thought they had been stood up until he heard about the bank robbery and the suspect who wore the same attire.
From there, the cook made his watery escape in a creek that dumps out into the Skykomish River. One witness said the robber swam away, but another said he used an inner tube to get away.
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