A man wearing a yellow vest, blue shirt, and respirator mask sprayed pepper spay in the face of an amored car driver and took off with his loot. He ran down to a creek and jumped on an inner tube and floated away -- further down the road sat a group of nearly a dozen men dressed the exact same way waiting for a contractor that posted a fictitious job on Craigslist -- who never showed up.
Mike, who wanted to be identified only by his first name, told KING-5 that he saw a Craigslist ad last week seeking workers for a road-maintenance project. He inquired and was e-mailed instructions to meet near the bank at 11 a.m. Tuesday and to wear specific clothing."Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask ... and, if possible, a blue shirt," Mike told KING-5.No contractor met Mike and about a dozen other similarly dressed men who showed up at the bank, and they thought they had been stood up. Then, KING-5 reported, a man told them about the bank robbery.
" 'Yeah, guys, we just got scammed,' " Mike said the man told him. "Bank robbery just happened to be right across the street, in the same attire in all the e-mails that everyone got."
Police are investigating the ad to determine whether it is linked to the robbery, Willis said.
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