A Mississippi man was arrested last Thursday after he was captured on surveillance video with his face mask down while robbing a bank.
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41-year-old Richard Jiles was arrested last week after he robbed a Trustmark Bank in Jackson and prior to the heist, he gave the bank teller a threatening note asking for an undisclosed amount of cash. He fled the scene shortly after and the Jackson Police Department posted Jiles’ photo with an accompanying tweet that reads, ‘A male fled with undetermined amount cash after passing threatening note. Incident was captured on surveillance,’
The tweet went viral after users noted that it was the perfect time for someone to rob a bank with a face mask. One user said, “I feel like this may not have been the ideal time to take a stand against wearing a mask.”
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More users said the following below:
Lmaoooo bro… wtf… a whole fuccin goofy https://t.co/VYyeC4PwiM
— Lew Cypher (@4MeSheDid) December 5, 2020
how can you be this stupid. https://t.co/t7Mn4ZaEbe
— Tony X (@soIoucity) December 5, 2020
Buddy took the mask then committed the robbery lol we really can’t stay out our own way https://t.co/lTfWTqBGz1
— Will see all Browns haters in hell. (@Jerear_1) December 4, 2020
On this episode of world dumbest criminals https://t.co/ByJpTnFY2C
— Eartha Kitty (@msgforrachel) December 5, 2020
Mississippi got the dumbest criminals I ever seen https://t.co/bBXwjLZwkO
— 🤏🏾 (@FtpLik) December 4, 2020
Jiles is currently in police custody but he hasn’t been formally charged for the robbery.
SOURCE: Daily Mail