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February 16, 2007

Teller: "Hmm. You must be the last member."

Released bank robber didn't wait long to strike again, S.F. police say

A convicted bank robber went on a crime spree just a week after being released from federal custody and was caught in part because he never changed out of the 1980s-style clothes - including a Members Only jacket -- he was wearing when he was released from prison, San Francisco police said today.

Paul Paris, 54, was released from a halfway house Feb. 2 and proceeded to rob a Citibank branch at 4638 Mission St. on Feb. 9, said robbery Inspector Dan Gardner. The robber was caught on a surveillance camera wearing a Members Only jacket and a hairnet, Gardner said -- the same clothes Paris had on when his probation officer photographed him the day he was released from prison.

When reached for comment, Paris said his parole officer was "tougher than Sheriff Lobo and The Equalizer put together."

I wonder if he popped and locked his way out of the bank.

Posted by Your Protagonist at February 16, 2007 11:14 PM