Well, he was thinking outside the box... just not far enough.

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Man Robs Bank, Immediately Deposits Money In Bank's ATM

By Jason Hall
Dec 15, 2021

A California man is accused of robbing a Wilmington, Delaware bank and immediately depositing the money into the same bank's ATM outside the building.

McRoberts Williams, 44, was charged with second-degree robbery, according to a news release shared on the Delaware State Police's website.

Authorities responded to a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank on Old Capital Trail in Wilmington last Saturday (December 11). A female bank teller told officers she was handed a note from a man -- later identified as Williams -- stating a robbery was taking place.

The bank teller complied and gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money before the man fled the bank on foot.

Williams stopped to deposit the money into an ATM located on the exterior of the bank before continuing to run behind the Prices Corner Shopping Center, where he was located and arrested by police without incident.

Williams was transported to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, where he was held on $6,000 cash bond, according to the Delaware State Police news release.

Delaware State Police did not specify whether the man had an attorney present during his arraignment at the Justice of the Peace Court #11 following his arrest.

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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:

Man Robs Bank, Immediately Deposits Money In Bank's ATM

Williams was transported to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, where he was held on $6,000 cash bond, according to the Delaware State Police news release.
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So, did he stop by the ATM to withdraw money for the bail?

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Williams stopped to deposit the money into an ATM located on the exterior of the bank …

To deposit money, wouldn't he have to have an account at the bank?

This has the feel of a case of wanting to be caught and sent to prison. There is a kind of twisted logic to it. He gets food, clothing, shelter and medical care, even put to work.

The true story is that he was out on work release when the event transpired ...

So crazy, it just might work.

Maybe his account was about to be overdrafted; now he's been drafted elsewhere.

Wanted to go back to Prison and California refused to arrest him...or anyone.

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Originally posted by Woodman:
The true story is that he was out on work release when the event transpired ...

So he just needed a ride?

I'm thinking he had the bright idea to get rid of the evidence so that it won't be on his person if the cops should stop him.

At least he had a plan, as in thinking ahead. Some bad guys don't plan that far, so he gets -1 points instead of -2, the latter the normal score for dumb guys not planning ahead. But since it's Christmas time, I'll give him a score of zero instead. He deserves that much.

Held on $6K bond? He had more than that in his bank account.

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Originally posted by Sigfest:
Held on $6K bond? He had more than that in his bank account.

Nice Ha !!

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Originally posted by Sigfest:
Held on $6K bond? He had more than that in his bank account.

Welcome to The First State.

Inland mid-state you hear Tidewater accents. Chesapeake oysterman accents via Thames watermen c.1620 ... truly is a microcosm of migratory history.

He probably wanted to put the money in a safe place so that he wouldn't get robbed.