Rob a Bank, Fake a Bomber: Tampa Woman’s Plot Fails
A Tampa woman named Maria Montesino thought of all the things she could do, she was going to rob a bank. Not just any bank though, Grow Financial Federal Credit Union. I guess she had bills to pay ASAP or something. According to WFLA, at about 2:30 in the afternoon during broad daylight she walks into the bank and tells the teller to cough up the cash. But here’s the thing, she said that some dude outside was telling her what to do, and this dude had a BOMB. And apparently, it was about to go off if she didn’t get that money.
Now, the teller wasn’t trying to test that theory, so they hand her the cash and off she goes, thinking she pulled off some genius heist. But, you know how the cops roll—Tampa PD wasn’t playing around. They connected the dots faster than a two-year-old with a crayon and found her hiding out in some apartment complex nearby. Arrested her just like that.
Rob a Bank, Get Arrested:
Here’s where it gets really ridiculous though: Turns out, there wasn’t any man with a bomb! The whole “man outside with a bomb” thing? Fake story for her to rob a bank. TPD couldn’t find a shred of proof that anybody else was involved. Maria was flying solo on this one.
So now, she’s got charges like robbery and making bomb threats, which, spoiler alert, if you try and rob a bank, it’s a pretty big no-no. Safe to say, it didn’t go how she probably imagined.
Look, if you’re thinking you’re about to rob a bank, maybe don’t. And if you’re going to, at least have a better plan than blaming an imaginary person.
