Is That a Banana In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Robbing My Bank?

Remember the guy who dropped his wallet at the scent of the bank robbery?

Yeah, well he’s going to go to jail for awhile.

I never knew he had an overly ripe banana in his pocket though. I wonder if this changes him from, “dumbest bank robber ever” to “dumbest bank robber ever who still gets adequate potassium intake.”?

A Philadelphia man who stuffed a rotten banana in his pants to make it look as if he had a gun while robbing a Bethlehem bank pleaded guilty Tuesday and faces up to 20 years behind bars. 

Lloyd Virgil Barclay, 52, admitted claiming he had a gun and threatening a clerk at KNBT bank on 920 W. Broad St. while stealing $800 on Sept. 2, 2009.

But Barclay didn’t make it hard for police to catch him. Lehigh County Senior Deputy District Attorney Tonya Tharp said Barclay left behind his wallet, which contained two ID cards and a Social Security card. 

”Yeah, I dropped that,” Barclay told Judge Kelly L. Banach on Tuesday.

”Did you want to get caught?” Banach asked.

”No,” Barclay said with a laugh. ”I just dropped it.”

Banach is scheduled to sentence Barclay on the robbery charge next month.

Barclay was on state parole when he was arrested, so he faces additional time for violating his parole. 

According to Tharp: 

Barclay slipped a note to a bank teller around 9:15 a.m. demanding money from her drawer. The note said the teller would be ”hurt immediately” if she didn’t comply. After receiving $800, he said he wanted more and told another employee he had a gun. Barclay then fled, leaving his wallet at the bank.

Police matched the photo on his ID cards to the image of Barclay on a bank surveillance video and he was arrested two months later. 

Barclay told investigators he kept a blackened banana in his pocket during the robbery to imply he had a gun.

Police say they also found the note in Barclay’s belongings that was given to the clerk demanding money. Source

Hey, at least he can laugh at himself. He’s also a self-effacing bank robber.

So there is an open mic tonight, I know, I know, shameless plugging. But, seriously, what else do you do on Wednesday nights? Just come and we can all be friends and I’ll sing some camping songs, ok?