Bungling bank robber busted after putting paint-stained car in for repairs
(Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 22, 2004)
NAGOYA -- A bank robber has been arrested after a car repair shop became suspicious over paint marks covering his vehicle...
...Miyamoto grabbed a pile of 10,000-yen bills from a clerk and fled.
Branch manager Takayuki Inagaki gave chase and hurled a paint-stained [sic] rubber ball at the robber...
..Shortly after, Miyamoto visited a car repair shop in Komaki, about 10 kilometers from the bank branch, and left after ordering the paint be removed. An employee of the shop became suspicious about the paint-stained car and alerted police...
... only bills on the top and bottom of the pile were real 10,000-yen bills.
