(Image source: Pasco County Sheriff)
BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN
So a guy walks into a bar...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one -- but something tells me you probably haven’t.
San Antonio’s KABB has it.
“Authorities say he ordered a beer, drank some, went to rob a bank, then returned to finish his beer.”
Florida police arrested 52-year-old John Robin Whittle -- who -- stands accused of -- well, not wanting to waste a beer.
Can’t fault him for that, right? No -- seriously -- the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office isn’t taking issue with the bar part -- just the whole “did he rob that bank” thing.
Anchors for KSAZ have a little fun with the story.
“It's a shame to waist a good beer, and he didn't let anything get in the way of him finishing his cold beer, including robbing a bank. … He thought he had an alibi. I was having a beer. John: I did rob the bank, it was only for a minute.”
The tipsy tale holds a special place in the heart of one Inquisitr writer.
“Things happen all the time that I can’t seem to wrap my head around... But this story is unique among them, at least for its simple practicality. … Oh, to be a fly on the wall when those police walked into that bar.”
The bank Whittle robbed, police say, was a nearby branch of Wells Fargo. And while many bloggers are poking fun -- The Student Operated Press’ Robert Paul Reyes offers up a sobering suggestion.
“To pull off a successful bank robbery, it’s imperative to get away as far as possible... Did Whittle return to the bar to wait for the cops? Maybe this dude doesn’t own a car or a house, and he simply wanted someplace warm (even a jail cell) to spend the holidays.”
According to The Associated Press, Whittle is currently in jail on a $10,000 bond.
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