BOCA RATON, Florida (Fox News) — Incidence of bank robberies are prevalent in the United States over the years with various reasons on why perpetrators commit such a crime — with the majority of them claiming that they rob banks in order to survive.
However, there are still some bizarre reasons that were recorded in robbing banks and, sometimes, it has a backstory worth knowing.
Take the case of a man in Boca Raton, Florida, who allegedly robbed a bank in the form of what is known as a “note job” after passing a written note to the teller demanding money — although he got more than what he asked for.
The suspect — identified as 73-year-old Sandy Hawkins — perpetrated the robbery without attracting unwanted attention at a Wells Fargo bank at around 11:30 a.m., according to investigators.
Hawkins allegedly told the teller he had a weapon and said, “This is a robbery,” and demanded $1,100.
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The teller counted out $2,000 in $100 bills, but Hawkins, according to a probable cause affidavit, “told him it was too much and again demanded $1,100.” So, the teller then slid $1,100 through the window, and Hawkins took it and left, investigators alleged.
The next day, investigators reviewed footage from the bank’s security cameras. They took images to the surrounding businesses, hoping that someone could identify the suspect.
They caught a bit of luck when they got to Turn 3, a sports bar in the same shopping strip as the bank as the bar’s manager identified the suspect, who had reportedly become a regular patron at the establishment.
The manager’s father directed law enforcement to Hawkins’ home, not far from the strip mall. Half an hour later, Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies went to his home, and as he was accosted, he reportedly confessed and told them, “I will make this easy.”
Hawkins recounted that he apparently handed the teller a bank deposit slip that read: “Give me $1,100. Now, No Alarms, Hope to get caught.”
Hawkins’ old landlord, Scott Vail, described the man to The Palm Beach Post as an “affable kind of person,” who “probably reached some kind of breaking point” when his wife died in 2013.
Hawkins was charged with robbery and booked at the Palm Beach County jail.
