Bizarre News of the Day

Posted by Jennifer on July 31st, 2008

Bandit bungles cafe holdup, leaves a tip
Disguised robber flees 5 bucks poorer
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
By Michelle Hunter

It isn’t often that a business actually makes money on a holdup. Then again, Friday’s attempted armed robbery of a Metairie restaurant was far from normal.

A man dressed as a woman in a wig and pink top tried to rob Joe’s Cafe, 3616 N. Causeway Blvd., early Friday, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office incident report. Not only did the robber flee without getting any cash from the business, he actually left some of his own money behind. The Times-Picayune