Tip for aspiring bank robbers: Don’t use your real name on the slip of paper you’re using to demand other people’s money.
Michael Harrell, 54, allegedly tried ordering a teller to hand over the cash from a U.S. Bank location in Cleveland around 11 a.m. Monday, according to the FBI.
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Michael Harrell, 54, allegedly robbed a U.S. Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday morning, the FBI said. (Cleveland Division of the FBI via WJW)
He’s accused of passing a note to the teller — but the note was written on the back of a document from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles…complete with the alleged crook’s full name and address.
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“When the teller took the note, and looked at it and looked at the other side, she saw his name. He had used a note that he had used earlier at the BMV and it had his name on it,” said Special Agent Vicki Anderson, of the FBI’s Cleveland field office, told WJW. – READ MORE