Comments on: FBI looking for Ballard bank robber

By: boba fett

boba fett — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:49 +0000

I'm pretty sure that's Mike McGinn.

He was the original “Fool for the City” who likes to take a “Slowride” on his bicycle.

By: ktown69

ktown69 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:27:47 +0000

C'mon, it looks like he's saying, “hey, so this is a bank, eh? I think I have some here…so…can I have some? Some of those over there, eh?”

By: ktown69

ktown69 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:23:19 +0000

Exactly.

By: Silver

Silver — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:18:35 +0000

Ooo, Andrew! MEEEEOW!

By: Andrew Reichel

Andrew Reichel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:47:12 +0000

I'm pretty sure his hat says “Foghat World Tour 1978.”

By: cdpenne

cdpenne — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:13:26 +0000

Man, I really don't see the issue with the hat. It's a black baseball cap, so what's the deal? He could just as easily be santa at the mall as a bum dawdling in Ballard. Bank robberies like this shouldn't be that surprising- he's just getting his bail out. All you people snarking are snarking because you've been tempted yourself and think you would do a better job or atleast look cooler while doing it.

By: kingkong509

kingkong509 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:44:48 +0000

Looks like Russell Crowe to me

By: engiebear

engiebear — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:04:53 +0000

gaurantee he is bald and that is one of those mullet hats.

By: Theravadist

Theravadist — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:30:44 +0000

Looks like half the bums in Ballard…just take your pick.

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:42 +0000

I was buying beer in backwoods Oregon last summer and they demanded my ID. Had to go out to the car to get it. Mind you I don't look 21 anymore and I don't get carded often. I realized that after showing the ID that I probably look like around 20 in meth years.

By: BarneyRubble

BarneyRubble — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:36:01 +0000

I was a teller quite a few years back. I was always of the opinion that I wasn't going to play hero for the banks money (which is insured).

By: RudyT

RudyT — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:21:55 +0000

Seriously…best security camera picture I've seen outside of the movies.

By: ZephyrV2

ZephyrV2 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:37:22 +0000

Who should do the tackling? Odds are this guy was very hush, hush. Likely no one knew what was going on aside from the teller he was dealing with. And that teller was on the other side of the counter. Further, tellers are always told to just hand over the cash – that is bank policy. When I worked as a teller it was made very clear to me that they cared more about our safety than the dough.

By: Jules

Jules — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:36:05 +0000

Can anyone tell what it says on that hat?

My mom once worked at WAMU in Ballard in the 1970s and they were robbed….and the guy came in a week later to open an account and apply for a mortgage at my mom's desk. He wasn't that hard to identify, as he was in fact wearing high-heeled black patent leather women's shoes on both occasions.

By: ZephyrV2

ZephyrV2 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:34:01 +0000

I had also worked as a teller years ago, during which there were a couple of robberies of other branches of my bank over a couple of months. We were told all the time to comply with the robbers. To me it was less about not caring that it wasn't my money (in fact handling it all day, I didn't feel like it was money) but more about following procedure and doing my job.

By: gobigblue

gobigblue — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:26:54 +0000

i believe the FBI gets involved in all bank robberies since banks are insured by the FDIC

By: gobigblue

gobigblue — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:23:41 +0000

a bum who could have a weapon. or be HIV-positive or have hepatitis and who decides to bite you in the melee.

i don't think *you* can accurately determine the threat level of a person from a photograph.

besides, why would a teller (i was one once) care if a robber gets away with the money. it's the bank's money and the bank has insurance for such losses.

By: ballardmike

ballardmike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:13:39 +0000

50-60s – really FBI?? 45-55 sure… livin' hard will do that to a guy.

By: ballardmike

ballardmike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:11:32 +0000

Last guy did that lost his job. Banks can't take a chance an employee gets in over their head in situation like that. =

By: sdrake1958

sdrake1958 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:08:00 +0000

So BFD he “made a demand for cash and displayed no weapon”. Sounds like my ex-wife. When will somebody simply come around and kick a thug that looks like this? Tackle him down, hold him til the cops are there, go home. Sorry, he isn't very “threatening”. He's a bum.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:05:13 +0000

Heh. A face for radio.

By: kim

kim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:42:01 +0000

it looks like bob rivers and doesn't he live in north bend/snoqualmie? too funny!

By: LovrienS

LovrienS — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:14:01 +0000

Wow, could you GET a better ID?

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:52:20 +0000

Hey, even the hair is an improvement on that hat.

By: Silver

Silver — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:36:47 +0000

Probably trying to get enough cash together for a decent haircut.