Crime & Safety
Man Charged After Botching Bank Robbery
Suspect trying to rob an M&I Bank in Wauwatosa is thwarted when a teller tells hims she doesn't have any money.
A 34-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges after he attempted to rob a Wauwatosa bank, but was thwarted when a teller simply told him she didn’t have any money.
Shante D. Alford was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Friday with one count of attempted robbery of a financial institution. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and $50,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On Sept. 28, Alford went into M&I Bank, 7501 W. North Ave. and handed a teller a piece of paper ripped from a note book that read “need money, no dye packs.” However, the teller told him she didn’t have any money.
Alford then went and stood behind customers being helped at the next teller’s window, but that employee asked him “do you mind,” so he went back to the original teller he approached who again told him she didn’t have any money.
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The teller then softly told another employee she was being robbed and a panic button was pressed. Alford then looked at the employee who pressed the button and said “alright, I’ll be back.”
He then left the bank without obtaining money, but was later indentified via video surveillance by Alford’s federal probation agent. He remains at large but an arrest warrant has been issued against him.
