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Bank robber is a poor speller
SAYVILLE, New York -- He's an awful speller but, so far, a decent bank robber.
An unidentified man police call the "Spelling Bee Dropout" has been linked to at least seven bank robberies over a six-month period.
Despite misspelling words like "robbery" and "every," police believe the man has made off with between $5,000 and $10,000 since his spree began last June 24 at a Centereach Bank.
In the first two robberies, the suspect used computer-typed notes that were free of spelling and grammatical errors, police said. But in the following string of robberies, the notes were handwritten -- and poorly.
Selected works by the suspected robber include this verse given to a teller at a North Fork bank in Sayville last December: "This is a robery ... Hand over the cash do it fast no tricks and every one be ok."
Another sample of the suspect's worthy prose includes this note allegedly handed over at an HSBC Bank in Centereach: "This is a robrey ... Hand over cash fast + no one get hurt \ 50" + 100" only."
SAYVILLE, New York -- He's an awful speller but, so far, a decent bank robber.
An unidentified man police call the "Spelling Bee Dropout" has been linked to at least seven bank robberies over a six-month period.
Despite misspelling words like "robbery" and "every," police believe the man has made off with between $5,000 and $10,000 since his spree began last June 24 at a Centereach Bank.
In the first two robberies, the suspect used computer-typed notes that were free of spelling and grammatical errors, police said. But in the following string of robberies, the notes were handwritten -- and poorly.
Selected works by the suspected robber include this verse given to a teller at a North Fork bank in Sayville last December: "This is a robery ... Hand over the cash do it fast no tricks and every one be ok."
Another sample of the suspect's worthy prose includes this note allegedly handed over at an HSBC Bank in Centereach: "This is a robrey ... Hand over cash fast + no one get hurt \ 50" + 100" only."
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