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Bank robber caught purchasing games with dye-stained cash
Eric Hawkins robbed Bremerton Key Bank in 2006, getting away with $12,000 but also bringing along a dye pack that went off after the crime.
Somehow Hawkins managed to escape capture until earlier this year. As the following exploits prove, we can’t blame his criminal mastermind abilities for him evading capture.
Thinking he had gotten completely away with it, Hawkins decided using the dye-stained cash to buy video games wouldn’t raise any suspicion. He guessed wrong, as Bremerton authorities tracked down “Gerald Lewis” (the alias Hawkins was using when spending the money) earlier this year.
Hawkins was sent to prison for cocaine possession, giving police the opportunity to test his DNA and find that it matched ink-stained sunglasses at the 2006 crime scene. Earlier this week (November 9, 2009) Hawkins was sentenced to seven years in prison for armed bank robbery.
There is no truth to the rumors that the Nintendo Wii cops assisted in this investigation.
Read [Seattle Weekly]
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what a moron! That’s all I have to say!
on November 11, 2009 at 06:33 PM - LINKYeah, clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I can hear him in the slam now - How’d they catch you? I bought Midnight Club Racing.
on November 12, 2009 at 10:57 AM - LINK