Last night, at about 6:00 p.m. (during the peak of rush hour) a man walked into the Wells Fargo Bank at 635 S.W. Sixth Ave. in downtown Portland, demanded cash, then left on foot and boarded a MAX train, Portland's public light rail transit system.
Portland police officers captured the man a short time later on another MAX train. He was being held in Multnomah County jail Thursday night and is expected to be formally charged today. His identity was not released.
Ironically, an unconventional robbery took place earler the same day. At a Washington Mutual Bank in Clackamas, a man in his late teens or early 20s, walked into the bank, demanded cash, threatened a weapon and left on a mountain bike, witnesses told investigators.
A mountain bike.
2 comments:
THAT'S what that was! (The MAX thing, not the bike thing.) I was walking home and there were 10 police cars surrounding a MAX, where they had every corner blocked off a block away in all directions, and then a few police cars at either end of the MAX. I was wondering what could have possibly happened to warrant so much police attention. Needless to say it caused quite a stir in the area.
This inspires me...let's start a roller-blading robbery ring! We can look cool AND commit a felon at the same time! Anyone? Anyone? (I'm also open to stilts and skateboards.)
Love, Angela
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