In prison, there is something of a hierarchy of crimes. From what I have heard, bank robbery is something of a respectable crime. But something tells me that 49-year-old Nathan Wayne Pugh won’t be getting a whole lot of respect.
It was not so much what Pugh did as how he did it: he went into the bank holding a fast food bag and demanded money (so far so good); the bank teller told him that she could not hand over the money without identification; Pugh handed over his client card for the bank that he was robbing and his Texas state identification card; the teller handed him $800; finally he made his getaway.
For the record, the note that he handed the Wells Fargo teller in Dallas read as follows:
Look if you don’t want to die then you should do as this note says. This is not a bag of food. This is a bom, so just put money in an envelope and do not make any move till after I have left for ten mintis.
Kudos to the bank teller in question for keeping a cool head in a crisis and not falling over laughing when she read the demands. Pugh was arrested at the front door of the bank after a brief struggle that may or may not have lasted a couple of mintis.
At 49, our hapless bank robber’s advanced age will probably save him from nightmarish shower scenarios, which is a plus – but he will have to live with being the butt of everyone’s jokes for his next eight years in federal prison. [Toronto Sun]
