An Alaskan bank robber who was caught shortly after robbing him while counting loot outside a targeted branch was recaptured Monday — attempting to rob the same bank.
Michael Gale Nash, 49, was quickly arrested for running the failed scheme which was very similar to his mistakes from five years earlier.
A botched burglary in 2018 earned him a spot on at least one “Stupidest Criminal” list after he slipped a demand note to a teller with his name and date of birth on the back.
Dressed in black jeans, black boots, a black Carhart jacket and a black hat, Nash allegedly walked into the First National Bank in Anchorage at 9 a.m. and began violently pulling on the front door, according to the Alaska US Attorney’s Office.
The employee told Nash through the glass that the bank wouldn’t be open for another hour, but he stood his ground and handed the note through the locked door to the bank supervisor.
“This is a robbery – put the money in the bag & I’ll be out. This is robbery. God help us all,” the note said, according to the arrest affidavit.
It seems that Nash did not include his personal information on the note this time.
The supervisor immediately yelled for the bank doors to be locked through the secondary locking mechanism and called 911, but Nash continued to hover in front of the branch.
Michael Gale Nash allegedly slipped a note through the locked door of the First National Bank in Anchorage to demand money.Valdez Convention & Visitorsâ Bureau
A “nervous” and “stuttering” Nash allegedly rejected bank security officers’ pleas for the robber to leave and instead encouraged him to call the police.
When they finally arrived, Nash surrendered peacefully and was taken to the Anchorage Police Department precinct.
While he was handcuffed and while he was in the back of the patrol car, Nash made several “excited remarks” that it was not his “first time robbing a bank,” officials later told FBI investigators.
“The Anchorage FBI conducted a records check for Michael Gale Nash. A review of records revealed that NASH was arrested, charged and convicted of robbing the same FNB in 2018,” the affidavit said.
Although he followed a very similar MO, the Monday morning arrest was not as spectacular as his 2018 robbery.
Nash took out $400 in the bag after handing the cashier a note on a completed form for affordable housing reading, “This is a delay. Please put the money they want in the bag. God help us!!!”
After only “a few minutes,” Nash was seen sitting outside the bank counting bills.
For that crime, he was sentenced to 366 days in prison followed by five years of parole.
He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison this time, the attorney’s office said.
Nash has several other convictions on his rap sheet, including theft of personal property in 1993 and forgery in 2000. He also received a court-martial in 1996 for drug trafficking, according to an affidavit filed by FBI investigators.
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