An elderly Florida man has been arrested by the FBI after he tried to rob a Miami-area bank of $650 because he was “desperate for rent” and facing homelessness.
On August 24, Michael Terry Noojin, 67, jumped in line at a Bank of America in Hollywood, Florida, just after 2:40 p.m. and waited while three working tellers helped two other customers.
Noojin then walked up to the waiting cashier and slipped a brown plastic shopping bag under the protective glass divider, telling her, “I have a gun, put all the money in the bag,” according to an FBI criminal complaint obtained by the Daily Beast.
The cashier did not respond to Noojin’s demands, forcing him to repeat his statement.
“I’m not kidding, I have a gun, put money in the bag,” said Noojin.
The teller who confronted Noojin claimed he never saw a gun but locked his cash drawer anyway, prompting two other tellers next to him to do the same, with one of them also activating the emergency alarm, according to a criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District Florida.
Noojin, who was wearing a yellow polo shirt with sailboats and birds, blue jeans, white shoes and sunglasses, felt his plan foiled, grabbed his bag and ran out of the building through the emergency door.
The cashier did not respond to Noojin’s demands, forcing him to repeat his statement, saying, “I’m not kidding, I have a gun, put the money in the bag.” FBI Miami
It wasn’t long before Noojin’s face made the news when someone saw the would-be bank robber in the halfway house he lived in, still wearing the same boat and bird-embellished shirt he wore during the failed robbery. that day.
The individual called Hallandale police and gave them Noojin’s address, where they spoke with him in a “non-custodial interview” in the early evening of August 24.
The man admitted to police that he had attempted to rob a Bank of America branch earlier that day.
Noojin then showed the police the yellow shirt in his closet, where his sunglasses and white shoes were from the security footage as he removed the plastic bag that was still in his back pocket.
Noojin had a bandage on his cheek related to the teller’s description and on the bank’s surveillance camera, which he allegedly told law enforcement was there because of “skin cancer he had on his face.”
Noojin is in federal custody for the attempted robbery because the Bank of America branch is insured by the FDIC and is expected to make his initial appearance in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Google Street View
After identifying himself through a photo taken at the bank, Noojin told police the heartbreaking motive behind his attempted robbery, saying he “desperately needed the rent,” as it was his “last chance to earn $650 before he was charged with being homeless,” he added. the complaint.
The complaint, filed on Sunday, alleges that Noojin “knowingly, by threats, attempted to take from the person and presence of a federally insured bank employee, United States currency belonging to, and in the custody, custody, control, management, and ownership of Hollywood , Florida Bank of America.”
Noojin is in federal custody for attempted robbery because the Bank of America branch is insured by the FDIC, and is expected to make his initial appearance in Fort Lauderdale federal court.
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