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Posted by Jennifer on December 30th, 2008

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Bad Recycling: Pay Stub Used As Bank Robbery Note

Wrong Way To Recycle: Man Arrested After Allegedy Writing Bank Robbery Note On Old Pay Stub

(AP) The robber’s threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read “Be Quick Be Quit (sic). Give your cash or I’ll shoot.”

The robber got about $400 but left half of his note. Investigators found the other half outside the bank’s front doors. Authorities say that part of the man’s October pay stub had his name and address. Read More Here