Robbers Try To Rob Cashless Credit Union (DOH!)

[The Straight Story]

Robbers Try To Rob Cashless Credit Union

POSTED: 8:07 pm EST March 18, 2006

BENICIA, Calif. -- Two armed men in ski masks slunk away from an attempted heist empty-handed after learning they had picked a cashless credit union, authorities said.

The unidentified men rushed into the First Pacific Credit Union in Benicia around noon Thursday with semiautomatic handguns drawn, Benicia police said.

But after ordering employees to lie down and hand over money, the suspects were told there was no cash to be had, police said.

The men were trying to rob a "cashless credit union" where the money is deposited into a vault inaccessible to most employees, said Benicia police Capt. Steve Mortensen.

http://www.local6.com/news/8108288/detail.html

This is what ya get when you plan out a robbery on a napkin in a bar after a few rounds.

[BrotherBuzz]

1. Was Donald Westlake's Dortmunder in town?

JOHN ARCHIBALD DORTMUNDER, is the savvy professional thief whose plans always, for some strange reason, go spectacularly and hilariously awry.

The thing about Dortmunder is that he's a genius, a certifiable criminal mastermind. He's also the world's unluckiest crook -- no matter how careful his schemes, no matter how brilliant and elaborate, something always goes wrong. No wonder Dorrtmunder, already a two-time loser, is plagued by worry. And it doesn't help that his usual co-horts are more than a little eccentric.