Criminally Dumb Criminal of the Day: A man whose attempted robbery of a Wells Fargo in Chamblee, Georgia, had been foiled by bullet-resistant glass was caught after he returned to the bank to withdraw money for cab fare.
40-year-old Trevor Gladston reportedly handed the Wells Fargo teller a note demanding cash and threatening to shoot, but feeling sufficiently protected by the bulletproof divider, the teller balked, and the would-be robber was forced to retreat.
Gladston then took a cab to a nearby MARTA station, where he had parked his car. After informing the driver he had no money to pay the fare, Gladston tried to leave, but was blocked by the cabbie.
A police officer who was alerted to the situation somehow convinced Gladston to return to the scene of his crime to obtain the money needed to pay his fare.
However, before he was able to reenter the bank, he was stopped by a second police officer, who ID’d Gladston as the perp with help from bank employees.
He was promptly arrested and now faces an attempted bank robbery charge.
[myfoxatl.]
