Fleeing Bank Robber Hands Out Cash

Man fleeing the scene gives money to window shoppers
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted May 4, 2010 12:55 PM CDT
Fleeing Bank Robber Hands Out Cash
The Ohio bank robber is armed and generous.   (Shutterstock)

Armed bank robbers can be so darn cute sometimes. One in Columbus, Ohio, stopped during his escape to hand $100 bills to a mother and daughter window-shopping. "We won't know until we catch him what he was thinking," an FBI agent tells the Columbus Dispatch. One theory: The mother had just given a homeless man some money, and authorities say the fleeing robber may have seen it.
(More bank robbery stories.)

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