Bank Robbers Order Takeout

This week's tale from the "Bank robbers sure are stupid" file comes to us from up in Fairfield, Connecticut, where a man named Albert Bailey and his 16-year-old sidekick hatched a plot to rob a branch of the People's United Bank. Their foolproof plan: They called the branch on the phone and demanded that a bag containing $100,000 in cash be left on the floor of the bank. They said they'd drop by in ten minutes to pick up the loot.

The bank obliged, and shortly after the phone call, the teenager walked into the bank and scooped up the bag of cash. As he was getting in Bailey's car, police advanced upon him with guns drawn and made the arrest. Let's hope the hapless robbers weren't too surprised to see them.

"I would classify these individuals as not too bright," a Fairfield police spokesman told the Connecticut Post. "They should have spent more time in school rather than trying to rob a bank. They didn't expect the police to be in the takeout line."