A person accused of robbing a financial institution in Michigan was caught hiding in a porta-potty, police physique digital camera footage confirmed.

Charles Woolery allegedly robbed Dearborn Federal Financial savings Financial institution in Dearborn, Michigan, on March 2. Capital Counselor says three to 4 thousand financial institution robberies occur annually on common, however since 2018, these robberies have decreased in quantity.

Based on WDIV-TV, Woolery approached a financial institution teller and gestured to his hip to suggest that he was armed. He handed her a word with the message: "Smile. Put all $10-$20-$50-$100 in bag no dye pack, no GPS, don't hit alarm til I go away or I'll kill everybody."

After the teller handed him the cash, Woolery fled the scene on foot. Surveillance cameras within the space captured him operating towards a close-by Hampton Inn. Officers spoke with a supervisor there and reviewed the resort's surveillance video, which confirmed the suspect heading by way of a automobile entrance to the car parking zone behind the inn, police mentioned. He then appeared to flee towards a car parking zone porta-potty and enter it.

Authorities discovered $1,690 in money within the entrance of Woolery's hooded sweatshirt, in response to WDIV-TV. Additionally they recovered a black face masks, black beanie, tan gloves and the theft word from the porta-potty ground.

When Woolery heard he was being charged with armed theft, he informed police that he was not really sporting a gun, regardless of his risk to the financial institution teller.

Surprisingly sufficient, Woolery was not the primary financial institution theft suspect to pick his notably unsavory hiding spot.

In 2017, a person who stole slightly over $1,000 from East Boston Financial savings Financial institution was taken into custody after police discovered him in a porta-potty close to the TD Backyard area in Boston, Massachusetts, WCVB-TV reported. The alleged robber, Steven Spolidoro, led police on a chase from Revere earlier than officers discovered the occupied porta-potty close to a car parking zone they have been looking out.

Bank Robbery Suspect Hiding in Porta-Potty
A person accused of robbing a financial institution in Michigan was caught hiding in a porta-potty, police physique digital camera footage confirmed. Right here, a Dearborn police officer stands in entrance of the Neighborhood Policing Middle in Dearborn, Michigan.Invoice Pugliano / Stringer/Getty Photos North America

The FBI has reported that financial institution robbers collectively steal thousands and thousands of dollars from banks, credit score unions, financial savings and mortgage associations and different associated companies yearly. At any given time, the identities of a whole bunch of financial institution robbers are nonetheless unknown to legislation enforcement. The FBI launched a Wished Financial institution Robbers Web site in 2012 to enlist public help in efforts to establish and find suspects, adopted by a Financial institution Robbers cell app launched in 2016. The positioning and app embrace a search instrument, a nationwide map of theft places, a chronological listing of robberies and digital needed posters with particulars on robbers and crimes.

Newsweek reached out to the Dearborn Police Division for extra data on Charles Woolery's arrest.