Pensacola Bank Robber Turns Himself Over to Jesus Christ and the Police During Surrender

Was it fear, God, or a little from column A and a little from column B? In Pensacola, Fl., on Friday, January 26, 2007 a man walked into the AmSouth Bank branch on Summit Blvd. and pulled off a successful robbery. (Perhaps it was just a case of Karma considering how AmSouth Bank robs its customers every day with its ever-increasing series of outrageous "charges" such as $75.00 for filling out a piece of paper when you are overdrawn for fifteen minutes and cancel the billing charge that created the overdraw even before AmSouth realized it had occurred, but I digress.)

Despite the fact that one might consider the crime to be on a par with what AmSouth Bank does to its customers every day, the police quickly were hot on the robber's trail, who fled the scene on foot. The police called upon their entire force, including their ominous helicopter that was engaged to fly over and track him down. Next to kidnapping, however, bank robbery may be the most stupid major felony you can commit. The reasons that bank robbery and kidnapping are stupid crimes have to do so much more with your chances of getting away with it as the odds that you won't. In other words, there are so many variables involved in bank robbing: cameras, witnesses, getaways, marked bills, bank alarms that it just seems you'd be much better off going for quality rather than quantity; get a few small hauls at convenience or liquors stores rather than going for one big score. This is especially true in a small town; in a big city your chance of getting lost in the crowd is much higher.