A Not-So-Clean Getaway

[mid_nite_poet]

NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) — When Anthony Digiosaffatte and Paul Villanueva laundered the money nabbed in a bank robbery, authorities say, they took the literal approach - sticking some of the cash in a washing machine to cleanse it of red dye from a special pack that exploded during the heist.

According to criminal complaints, the men stole $65,000 at gunpoint from a bank in Queens on Tuesday.

Referring to the packs of dye banks use to foil robbers by making stolen money unusable, Digiosaffatte told the tellers, “No dye packs,” the complaints say.

No such luck. Authorities say that as the men were making off with the loot, a pack exploded, spraying much of the cash with red dye. The pair dropped about $30,000 on the sidewalk outside the bank, officials said, while more was left behind in the getaway car.

This kind of reminds me of those bank robbers from “Raising Arizona,” only dumber.

Digiosaffatte, 51, and Villanueva, 37, then checked in to a motel, where authorities say they stuck the money in mesh laundry bags used to wash delicate clothing.

[cerina]

I hope they are both single. Such people shouldn't be allowed to breed  :lol:

[Guest]

This reminds me of the Darwin Awards. Special awards given to stupid people who, through their own doing take themselves out of the gene pool. Check out darwinawards.com for a few good laughs