Posted
5/08/2004 05:53:00 PM
by Douglas
Possibly the most creative getaway in bank-robbery
history. Prosecutors said Samples walked into a Red Wing credit union and stole nearly $70,000 at gunpoint. He hid in the river for eight hours while police searched nearby streets, later drifting downstream to his car.
Prosecutors had discounted the insanity defense, saying Samples was a greedy man who obscured his gun's serial number so it could not be traced and stashed scuba gear for his getaway.
Now that's when your SCUBA training really pays off.