Man posing as security guard steals $75,000 from Oklahoma Wal-Mart

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A man dressed as a security guard walked out of an Oklahoma Wal-Mart with $75,000 in cash, a crime that went undetected until the real security guards showed up later to transport the money, police said on Monday.

The suspect walked into the Wal-Mart on Saturday in Bristow, southwest of Tulsa, dressed in clothes similar to those of a Loomis armored truck employee. He went to the cash office, signed a deposit slip and walked away with the money, Bristow Police said.

Police were called when the real Loomis personnel arrived less than an hour later with no cash to transport.

Oklahoma authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are searching for the suspect, which video surveillance showed getting into a black Chevrolet Malibu and driving off from the store with the money.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/man-posing-security-guard-steals-75-000-oklahoma-183835410--finance.html

[onehandle]

1. Darn.

I shed a tear.

[jtuck004]

2. They shoot people in Walmarts who have bb guns. Here, no gun, gets 75K. Oklahoma is OK. n/t

[47of74]

3. Now, if this was Florida...

...the guy would have signed the deposit slip with his real name.

Of course he might have still done that.

[yuiyoshida]

4. $75,000 is a lot of loot.

I wonder if he will be caught or end up becoming another D.B. Cooper?

[davidpdx]

5. I'll put the over/under at 10 days before he's caught

$75,000 is a lot, but not enough to go on the run though. I bet he'll get cocky and try it again, maybe not with a Wal-Mart. He could have "Target(ed)" another store.

[840high]

6. He'll start bragging.

[davidpdx]

9. That would be one really fast way of getting caught

If he does that he might as well just walk into the police station because someone will turn him in.

[cstanleytech]

7. Just wondering why is the FBI involved? I thought they only got called in if its something that was

federal like a bank that has federal insurance or something?

[valerief]

14. Walmart is as important as a bank in the U.S. As Trump would say, it's YOOGE. nt

[Lochloosa]

16. Woodforest National Bank. They are partners with Walmart and are in a lot of their stores.

And I just looked and they are not in Tulsa.

I would have thought that is why the FBI would be involved, but now I can't answer your question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodforest_National_Bank

[uppityperson]

8. Channeling Frank Abagnale?

[Initech]

10. The Waltons want their $75,000 back.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. This was a scene in a Lethal Weapon movie.

[jtuck004]

12. He must have missed driving by the Capital. #7 or #8 is thou shat not steal. n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Thaaaaaaaaat's a shame

[DFW]

15. His defense lawyer will have a field day

"Your honor, my client walked into a Walmart and asked for some money. With no coercion on his part, violent or otherwise, they gave it to him, and he signed a receipt. Just what crime did he commit?"

[RayStar]

17. Oh well

It really takes some nerve to commit this crime.

[packman]

18. When I lived in Maryland there was something similar

Two guys dressed up as security guards - badges, uniforms, etc . - and stood beside a bank's drop depository where business' would drop off their money in bags in the evening hours. Told the people walking up the depository door was jammed and to drop it into their "safe" and they would give them a receipt. Got away with $35K and never caught them.