Vanity plate leads to bank robbery suspect

[jnelsoninjax]

SAN DIEGO ? Note to bad guys: Don?t put your name on the license plate of your getaway car.

That?s what one bank robbery suspect apparently did, and witnesses took note Saturday as he pulled out of a Chase Bank parking lot in San Diego?s Midway District with $2,920 in stolen cash.

The robber, wearing latex gloves and sunglasses, entered the bank on Midway Drive near Kemper Street about 3 p.m. and approached a teller window where a customer was in the middle of a transaction, said police Lt. Andra Brown. The robber placed a small container on the counter, pulled out a gun, and demanded cash from the teller and the customer.

?Give me all the money. More, more!? he yelled, according to federal court documents.

He left the bank with the money and got into a white Ford Expedition with a personalized license plate of ALMDUDE. A witness took down the plate information and told police, who found the SUV was registered to 27-year-old Robert Alm.

Officers did some research and learned the vehicle was often parked in the area of Third Avenue and Market Street in the downtown Marina District.

On Monday, they found the empty Ford and waited for Alm to return. He was arrested and booked into the Metropolitan Correctional Center on suspicion of bank robbery.

Brown said Alm was homeless and lived in the SUV.

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[perochan]

"Brown said Alm was homeless and lived in the SUV."

now he has a place to live... in prison... using our tax money...

[ArialBlue]

"Brown said Alm was homeless and lived in the SUV."

now he has a place to live... in prison... using our tax money...

health care too :)

[fsX]

If I were to go through the trouble of robbing a bank, it certainly wouldn't be for $ 2.920.

[FMH]

Even better idea. Put a name of person you don't like.

[Seizure1990]

So... he was smart enough to wear glasses and gloves, but too stupid to realize that using a getaway car with a vanity plate would be a bad idea?

Hmm....