‘How can I help you today?’: Man suspected of robbing bank greeted police like an employee
Officers arrested a man who allegedly threatened employees, started a fire and pretended to work at a nearby bank in Tacoma he was trying to rob, the Tacoma Police Department posted on Facebook Friday.
Before coming to the bank, the suspect allegedly “set a fire, sprayed a fire extinguisher at surveillance cameras, stabbed a charging station, and threatened employees” at a department store, according to the post. He then allegedly tried to steal a nearby car but was unsuccessful.
He then went to the bank and claimed to have a bomb, the post alleges. Employees fled and locked him inside. Tacoma Police officers found him there and prepared to enter, when the suspect looked up and asked, “How can I help you today?”
“You don’t work here, man,” video footage shows an officer saying to the suspect before police entered the bank to arrest him. The video also shows flames igniting on the bank counter near the suspect.
Officers safely booked the suspect into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of multiple felonies, according to the post.
