Police: Man Defecated In Parking Lot Before Robbing Bank

NEW MILFORD — A 55-year old man was arrested Friday after allegedly defecating in the parking lot of a bank before robbing it, police said.

Russell Mace of New Milford faces charges of conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny, fifth-degree larceny, second-degree breach of peace and two counts of risk of injury to a child, police said.

A woman came into the Union Savings Bank at 41 East St. on Friday afternoon and told a teller that she had seen a man in the parking lot pull down his pants and defecate.

Moments later, Mace came into the bank and demanded money, said New Milford Police Lt. Larry Ash.

The teller handed Mace several thousand dollars, Ash said.

Police recognized Mace on the bank's surveillance footage. Mace had prior active warrants for a purse snatching crime, Ash said. They found him in New Britain.

His wife Erin Mace, also of New Milford, was arrested at the same time. She also had active warrants for her role in alleged purse snatching crimes, Ash said.

Police said Russell Mace was also charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor because his 1-year-old and 4-year-old children were in the car at the time of the bank robbery.

Police said the children were also present during the alleged purse snatching crimes. The children are now in the custody of the Department of Children and Families, Ash said.

Police are also investigating whether Erin Mace was involved in the bank robbery because she was present in the car as well, Ash said.

Bail was initially set at $500,000, but when he was arraigned Monday, it was reduced to $150,000, Ash said.

He is due back in court Jan. 4.

FBI Puts Brazen Bandit's Face on Billboards

(To me, he kinda looks like that actor from the Dave Chappelle Show, lol)

(CNN) -- He has been captured by bank surveillance cameras in four states, sneering and holding a pistol sideways during heists.

Now authorities hope to catch the serial bank robber by plastering his image on electronic billboards throughout the South.

The FBI is searching for the suspect, who they say has robbed at least 10 banks in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

"This is a unique instance in which the subject in these bank robberies has not used a mask ... or any type of a gimmick," FBI agent Kevin Keithley said Tuesday in Johnson City, Tennessee. "It is really uncommon just to come into a bank and show his face like he has."

The brazen bandit has been captured in surveillance footage sporting the same close-cropped hairstyle and goatee in many of the holdups. He does not seem to make any effort to cover his face and sometimes is seen aiming a handgun sideways, showing his tattoos on both forearms as he gestures at bank employees.

The FBI has mapped the bank robber's path on a map that crisscrosses the southern United States.

The billboard that went up Monday roughly follows the path that bank robber took, the FBI said.

His odyssey has spanned more than 600 miles north, from Charleston, South Carolina, to Louisville, Kentucky, and about 500 miles east, from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Edenton, North Carolina.

The robberies started in May and the most recent one was last week in Tennessee, Keithley said.

The suspect has not yet harmed anybody in the robberies, but the FBI considers him extremely dangerous.

"This guy has made no effort to hide the gun," Keithley said . "He has threatened the use of it in every bank robbery that he has committed. He has put the gun in the faces of tellers, threatened to use the gun against them.... So certainly we need to get this guy in custody before he does harm someone."

The suspect is described as white, about 25 years old, 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 11, 170 to 175 pounds. He has short, reddish-brown hair and an unshaven goatee, the FBI said.

The bureau asks anybody who knows the bank robber to call 423-282-8090.

Bank Robbery Suspect Jumps Off 5 Story Building

PASADENA -- Police have identified a suspected bank robber who jumped off a five story parking complex in an attempt to evade police.

Pasadena police say they received a call at 9:16 a.m. Monday morning of a bank robbery at the Cal National Bank on South Lake Avenue.

Someone inside the bank saw the robbery in progress and called police.

That same civilian ran after the suspect and kept officers updated on the man's whereabouts via cell phone, according to Pasadena Police spokeswoman Janet Pope Givens.

Givens says the man walked up to a teller saying he had a weapon, but no one inside the bank saw the weapon. He fled through an area known as "The Commons" and into a five story parking structure. It's unclear if he got away with any money.

Police were able to seal off the structure and were searching it for the suspect when they spotted him on the third floor. The man then ran to the top of the structure, according to police. As officers were approaching him, he jumped and landed on the concrete below.

Alex Madrigal, a plumber who was working across the street, witnessed the entire incident. "I heard some commotion and looked up. I saw the man on the top of the structure. He was facing backwards and then suddenly jumped off and landed on the ground below."

Pasadena police identified the suspected bank robber as 30 year old Jason Arnold of Los Angeles.

Arnold is on active parole and has a prior arrest for robbery, according to police. Detectives are investigating the case and are looking into other robberies in the city to determine if he might be a suspect.

Once Arnold is released from the hospital, where he is hospitalized with multiple fractures, he will be arrested and booked for bank robbery and felony evading, police said.

Dye Explodes In Man's Pants, Hahahaha

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A bank robber may have gotten away with the cash, but he might be wishing he hadn't.



Last Thursday, a man walked into the Wachovia Bank in the 2700 block of Smith and reportedly told the teller he had a gun and ordered her to give him money. Fearing for her life, the teller gave the man some cash bundles with exploding dye packs in them. The suspect stuffed the money down his pants and ran out of the bank.

Police arrested Daniel Duran a short time later, after the dye packs exploded while still allegedly down his pants. Duran was taken to an area hospital with second degree burns to his genital area. No weapon was found.

Duran has been charged with robbery.