Comments on: Identity thief's amazing disguise fails to fool bank, toddlers

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:27:00 +0000

granted, A/B testing a bank robbery has its pitfalls.

By: JG

JG — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:37:00 +0000

At first glance, I thought he was in the running for World’s Crappiest Bert-From-Sesame-Street Costume.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:20:00 +0000

the crappy suit & bad makeup remind me of Torgo from MST3k

By: Sparg

Sparg — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Oh, Baldrick and his cunning plans.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:54:00 +0000

When I had my cheekbone broken, then repaired, they incorporated a sort of rail on one side so that I couldn’t roll onto it while I was asleep. The whole staff of the Recovery Room sang I’m a Little Teapot to me.

By: Art

Art — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Never in the history of medicine has there been a more inexplicably ridiculous bandage.

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:34:00 +0000

Ben Affleck has been tapped to play him in the feature.

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:45:00 +0000

Thinking: You’re doing it wrong!

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:19:00 +0000

No, I tried that, it’s harder than it sounds.

By: Boris Bartlog

Boris Bartlog — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:13:00 +0000

Possibly no mirrors were involved, hence the problem. Criminals often don’t do even the most rudimentary testing/QA and operate on wishful thinking instead…

By: blueelm

blueelm — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:03:00 +0000

I just think about that moment when he looked in the mirror and thought “yeah, that’ll fool ‘em” instead of “ok, this isn’t a good idea.”

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:52:00 +0000

Wait, I know this movie. It’s like every bad bank-robber movie script that Hollywood never quite approves for production because Matt Damon hasn’t agreed to star in that role.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:18:00 +0000

He couldn’t have just posed as a banker and ask for a bailout? The Feds seem more gullible…

By: Mick Hamblen

Mick Hamblen — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:27:00 +0000

Joshua K. Pinney a dumb crook Bank of America a bunch of smart crooks.

By: David Perriman

David Perriman — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Ho ho. When the brains were handed out, I reckon he wasn’t even in the queue!

By: Chupate esa

Chupate esa — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 07:13:00 +0000

Im guessing he watched “payback” and he thought he pull the same thing Mel Gibson did, lol

By: Snig

Snig — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:35:00 +0000

I somehow get the impression that a positive experience in high school Drama Club led him to this sorry state.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Also, it’s not the Des Moines KOMO, but one of the micro sites that KOMO (a ABC affiliate and also a radio station in Seattle) produces.

By: Mark Dow

Mark Dow — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:37:00 +0000

Blast those hacker identity theives, in underwear they call pants. Props to this guy going for it in a respectable suit, during business hours. Do you think a tie would help?

The aggrieved party in the theft will get razzed mercilessly for this photo. Come to think of it, I think I recognize him …

By: eliterrell

eliterrell — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:57:00 +0000

It looks like Brian Butterfield’s diet works after all! He brings your loved ones back, dead or alive.

By: Just Good Sense

Just Good Sense — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:34:00 +0000

That “injury” looks straight out of Looney Tunes. The bank manager should have just handed him a stuffed bag with a big “$” marked on the side.

By: KBert

KBert — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:00:00 +0000

I know…

By: waksawak

waksawak — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:50:00 +0000

Is that a hair injury? Was his cowlick broken?

By: Gilbert Wham

Gilbert Wham — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:33:00 +0000

That suit ought to be a punishable offence anyway, deception charges notwithstanding. Egad.

By: Chuck Mathias

Chuck Mathias — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:24:00 +0000

A few elements in the story that might otherwise confuse readers can be clarified by pointing out the whole fiasco took place in the Des Moines in Washington State, not Iowa.