Alleged Bank Robber Trevor Gladston Arrested When He Returns To Get Cab Fare (VIDEO)

When planning a bank robbery, make sure to bring along cab fare before you go off to commit the heist.

Sure, it seems obvious, but it's a tip that alleged robber Trevor Gladston probably wishes he had learned before he attempted to rob a Wells Fargo bank in Chamblee, Ga.

Police says Gladston, 39, left the bank empty-handed after handing a teller a note asking for money, according to Newser.

"[Gladston] came in and handed a note that said something to the effect of 'Give me the money or we start shooting,'" Chamblee Police Chief Marc Johnson told Atlanta's Fox affiliate. "Obviously, feeling safe behind the bulletproof glass, the teller just stepped back and the individual left without any money."

That turned out to be a problem when Gladston got into a cab to make his getaway back to the Chamblee bus station.

The taxi driver told officials she had transported round trip from the station to the bank and back, and upon their return, the man identified as Gladston told the driver he needed to go to the station parking lot to get money out of his car to pay for the trip, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The cabbie, who is female, feared her passenger was going to leave without paying so she blocked his car with the taxi and got the attention of an officer at the station.

Johnson says the officer didn't know about the attempted bank robbery and managed to talk Gladston into going back to the bank to withdraw enough money to pay for the cab fare.

"[The officer] just convinced the guy that you need to get some money and pay your bill or else you'll end up in trouble," Johnson told Fox.

However, once Gladston return to withdraw cash legally, bank employees positively identified him as the attempted bank robber from a few minutes earlier.

He was then arrested, charged with attempted armed robbery and taken to the Chamblee Detention Center before being transferred to the DeKalb County Jail, police said.

Comments

[Matthew Chase Ruffino]

02:43 PM on 03/02/2012

The best part of that whole video, was the FOX news reporter stating, "We Don't Make It Up!".

My day is now complete!

[ewwthatsnasty]

09:53 PM on 03/01/2012

very loyal customer. he does his banking and his robbing at the same branch.

[saganz999]

06:50 PM on 03/01/2012

I was going to ask if this guy if as dumb as he looks; but I guess the question is moot.

[Skiwee]

12:40 PM on 03/01/2012

Criminals get dumber and dumber every day.

[setanta54]

09:25 AM on 03/01/2012

man must be a dime short in all areas. literally.

[lcurtis1160]

10:55 PM on 02/29/2012

Moron..

[Lfwngcons]

09:58 PM on 02/29/2012

I don't know if they are still running the "worlds dumbest criminals" show but if so this guy needs to be on it.

[wellwhatdoyathink]

08:22 PM on 02/29/2012

Did the ACLU complain and protest about the "bullet-proof" glass by the teller? Isn't that infringement of the perp's right to bear arms?

[futbol4fun]

10:52 PM on 02/29/2012

Nope. And it's not an infringement on your inability to use your brain either.

[setanta54]

09:19 AM on 03/01/2012

think he or she was simply being sarcastic..

[Renee Johnson]

04:32 PM on 03/01/2012

I believe he was joking

[wakohnen]

03:16 PM on 02/29/2012

Sometimes it pays to use the ATM outside. This was one of those times.

[kashiskay]

11:00 AM on 03/01/2012

What would have using an outside ATM done? The guy apparently didn't have any money - which is why he tried to rob the bank in the first place.

[wakohnen]

11:13 AM on 03/01/2012

However, once Gladston return to withdraw cash legally...

The writer of the article was assuming that he could withdraw money legally so considering this is all of the info we have to go on we have to assue the same.

[agb1953]

02:47 PM on 02/29/2012

Just shake your head in disbelief. There is no hope for this individual to ever be a contributor to society. Now he'll cost tens of thousands of dollars to prosecute and incarcerate, then live a life of revolving door justice for his misdeeds he will repeat for the rest of his life. What a crying shame.

[erswnn]

03:05 PM on 02/29/2012

But look on the bright side. When he gets out in a few months (plea bargain) we'll being able to give him Section 8, food stamps, welfare, Medicare, transportation passes, and an income tax return for taxes he doesn't have to pay.

[agb1953]

03:27 PM on 02/29/2012

Yes, until he decides that's not enough and commits another misdeed and goes back to prison, and again, and again, and again. The bright side is that he won't be living eighborhood - ever. You've got to hand it to the dem elites who give people like this all that you listed so they'll get their vote. It's the way all despots have manipulated the masses to obtain power all through history. It always fails in the end, and those nations implode, but why should they care what they're leaving for their children? America won't exist in 50 or 100 years. Soon no nation will lend us money, inlfation will skyrocket, people will riot, and that will be the end of that. Always happens the same way. We're no different. Sad. I love America. Too bad she's terminal.

[22Keys]

03:27 PM on 02/29/2012

Keep working you fool. Millions on welfare are depending on you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzspsovNvII

[Susan Shaffer]

08:30 PM on 02/29/2012

i know but somehow the scandanavians are able to integrate criminals back into society so there must be a way.

[agb1953]

10:32 PM on 02/29/2012

It's not the way they're doing it. It's the raw material they're working with that makes it possible.

[futbol4fun]

10:58 PM on 02/29/2012

I am always amused by the jejune nature of the ultra-left; incapable of seeing the world for what it really is. Perhaps you can open your home to people like this and help lessen their burden on society? I am sure that there is absolutely nothing bad that could happen, all they need is a hug and an atta boy!

Or perhaps there are people out there who should just be spending the rest of their lived breaking big ones into little ones or being used to help find the cures to diseases.

[grifrn]

02:42 PM on 02/29/2012

Somehow, I feel just a lttle bit smarter today.

[Susan Shaffer]

08:30 PM on 02/29/2012

thats why I come each day for my dose.

[Renee Johnson]

04:34 PM on 03/01/2012

FAVE!! LOL me too...

[vernsmaria]

02:25 PM on 02/29/2012

Crime don't pay...{cabfare}.