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Heist -- Curses, Foiled Again
A would-be robber doesn't get away with an underwater getaway.
Late one April afternoon, a 35-year-old man named Charles Coma entered a bank in Olympia, Wash., dressed in a wetsuit. Wielding an assault rifle and demanding money, Coma grabbed an undisclosed amount from a teller and fled to his car. Maybe it was a case of nerves or maybe he was just a god-awful driver, but, whatever the reason, the would-be-thief crashed his car into a tree just two miles from the scene of the crime.
Still, he stuck to his getaway plan: to finish off this madcap heist under water. He made a frantic, quarter-mile dash for the water, now wearing a weight belt over his wetsuit and lugging his tank, regulator and cash-filled backpack.
The Police tackled him onshore, subdued him with a stun gun and retrieved the money.
No doubt, all that extra weight foiled his hopes for a swift escape, but he did make one good call. As police spokesman Tor Bjornstad reported, there is "no truth to the rumor he was running in flippers."
(Source: Scuba Diving, July 2004)
Heist -- Curses, Foiled Again
A would-be robber doesn't get away with an underwater getaway.
Late one April afternoon, a 35-year-old man named Charles Coma entered a bank in Olympia, Wash., dressed in a wetsuit. Wielding an assault rifle and demanding money, Coma grabbed an undisclosed amount from a teller and fled to his car. Maybe it was a case of nerves or maybe he was just a god-awful driver, but, whatever the reason, the would-be-thief crashed his car into a tree just two miles from the scene of the crime.
Still, he stuck to his getaway plan: to finish off this madcap heist under water. He made a frantic, quarter-mile dash for the water, now wearing a weight belt over his wetsuit and lugging his tank, regulator and cash-filled backpack.
The Police tackled him onshore, subdued him with a stun gun and retrieved the money.
No doubt, all that extra weight foiled his hopes for a swift escape, but he did make one good call. As police spokesman Tor Bjornstad reported, there is "no truth to the rumor he was running in flippers."
(Source: Scuba Diving, July 2004)