You can see that this man is so intelligent and not just a mere brute. And still he ended up commiting crimes in several cases. It is really nice that he changed his life for the better.
Definitely has turned it around, but according to the LA Times article, he was much more violent in the robberies than he lets on in the video. Just some food for thought. Good for him for getting back on the straight and narrow though.
FallenNarcotic it just shows how your lack of intelligence to assume that somebody committing crime is obviously only doing so because they're unintelligent. Was D. B. Cooper lacking brain cells? They never caught him and he made off with 1 million in today's currency. Your straight to the point brain dead assumptions about people are one of the reasons they continue to do these things. You don't understand people. You're quick to judge and don't understand the world.
Oh my!! It goes to confirm that any kind of action is within anyone's range, especially to help family. Super awesome that Cain again (in the end) did what was difficult and right to help his family and is now helping others to reform. Also things for the rest of us to learn to be safer.
I know someone who had two warrants that stood in plain view of the police daily for hours. One even bought them a sandwich one day. He was 100% sure the police knew ho they were. But never got arrested. Crazy story. They hadn't turned themselves in because...prison sucks worse than death.
I had a warrant out for me and turned up at a police station to turn myself in at about 6.30 am before the front desk opened at 8.00 thinking getting arrested would be easy. I hung around for a bit and flagged down a police van that was leaving but they were too busy to arrest me and told me to go and get some breakfast and come back later. I was laughing at the irony of standing outside a police station with a warrant out for me and finding it difficult to get arrested. This brought it back to me.
bullshit, you enter the bank shot everyone you dont need go to the teller take money, take money from the vault if you can and just run, before the robbery set couple of houses on fire on the other side of the city, call couple of fake calls from burner and thats it
Yeah I arrived at the wrong station. Got to the right one and they were like oh it's fine they said you had turned up there. Go home we'll call you. They never did.
And what do you base this statement on? Have you surveyed a great enough number of active bank robbers to statistically support it? Or do you just want to believe this because it fits your hollywood narrative of how people and issues work? Better not to say anything if you don't know, or at least phrase it in an open way.
What an amazing story and person. How wonderful I felt for him when I said, “now I can begin my life.” There is so much more weight than you realize once you unburden yourself. Really honestly inspiring and shows that even people with good intentions can find themselves astern.
Yo thank you! I robbed my first bank today successfully. I’ve always had trouble with the getaway part causes I would always make it sloppy. But you giving the advice to pick a car that would blend was perfect. Thank you so much!
The thing I could never grasp is how criminals could trust the other members of any criminal group they were working with. It's hard enough in an office setting when people are trying to fob their work off on others, play political games, get credit for the work of others, lie, etc. But at least those things are generally the exception in many cases if you're working with technicians who actually want to accomplish things. And anyone who assumes criminals are just automatically dumb is crazy. There can be experts on MANY types of things at MANY levels, and the top ones are amazing -- all of them. Though a bad guy, McCauly, the guy DeNiro represented in "Heat" is the kind of criminal that, IMO, one has to respect. Both for their social intelligence, and their criminal and technical intelligence. I was pulling for DeNiro's character to win in Heat. Not that I don't like Pacino, but more that I tend to think the most professional and prepared people in all walks of life should tend to win a good percentage of the time.
@Homedeezy fa sheezy Thats not exactly accurate. There are a lot of thieves, criminals, even murderers and hitmen who still have a personal code and lines they wont cross. In fact I would say for most this is the case, the code and lines just vary. This includes values like honor. It may be less likely to exist in such groups, but it very much still can and does.
In a normal workplace when you are working for some company, you dont get to choose your coworkers. Someone engaging in this work can, and absolutely will. Loyalty and reliability is equal to or greater than skill in value here. People have reputations, and news spread fast if you aren’t reliable or will backstab. If you don’t want to work with some shithead, guess what? You don’t have to. Its like being a private contractor, or self employed as your own boss. Its not comparable to your civilian office space lol
I remember I had a former inmate that was a serial bank robber and he shared his many stories. What I found interesting was his 1st robbery he said the teller that called “next” was a younger lady and he didn’t want her to call him, he preferred someone older 🙄 he also said his 1st time he was actually shaking and more nervous than the teller and almost pooped his pants 😂 he also said the teller was so frightened that she froze so it took time for him to calm her down and slowly talk her into giving him money by reassuring her she won’t get hurt but she needs to hurry!! He eventually got busted but he remembered her the most because she ended up with so many mental health conditions and PTSD, she ended up on disability because of his robbery! His only regret out of all the robberies were that lady 🥲 I couldn’t imagine having to live through a robbery, it looks fast and easy but it leaves behind devastation to those involved!
@RosieWilliamOlivia haha right? I was riding my motorcycle one day and went to the bank with my backpack on and it felt soooo sus that I had it on inside
My safety deposit box at PNC in Hollywood Florida was robbed. I made police report January 3rd 2022...no results. Gut punched loss. Inside job??? I am still devastated. DC 73+CANCER fighter
I knew a guy who stole banks in the end 80s-90s in Spain. I knew him around 2010, he was living on same place as me. He was around 20sth older than me, i knew him as he was out of prison. So one night he told me about that life , even he didnt talk much about that ever, but this night he did , we were alone. Being addicted to the adrenaline tod me , also about blowing the money too fast. I could understand that. Also some stories about other guys that i prefer not sharing, too dark. He was an ex boxer and was strong, was nice with us, but i bet he was violent when robbing banks. He and his friends used heroin on that times, that dark story about other guys is related to robbing bans and this addiction. They ended dead to skip a WD, short story. He had a rough life at the end, payed lots of jail years and having nothing when being out except some months a subsidy. Well as he was nice so he had the people from that area that we would meet at a couple of bars, we liked him. He didnt use when i get to know him btw, dont know if he was doing methadone or not. I think that not. He would dress as Santa Claus in Christmas for the daughters of a friend who were young. It's weird, that contrasts of bad and good things. Congratulations for leaving this life sucesfully
As a former bank employee, this man is quite an amazing person. He really lays it all out about the crime aspect and about the psychological toll this has on people and it not being a victimless crime.
@Daylen did you watch the video? He didn't just casually ask for the money. He stuck the gun in people's faces and acted like a lunatic who would kill everyone in there for no reason at all. And he had the power and ability to do it too.
@Average joe With stuff to know Do you learn about car accidents when you start driving? yes. Will a bad enough car accident leave psychological scar on you when it happen even if you're otherwise unscath? also yes.
I recently saw a bank that had a fence around the parking lot. If I were a bank robber, I'd definitely have chosen a different bank with better escape options!
we live in a country where we are all 3 missed meals away from breaking the law. The saying goes something like that. its amazing to watch what people are capable of when they are pushed up against the wall.
what upset me when I got robbed is that someone pointing a gun at me meant it COULD go off & k*ll me. So it wasn't just that I felt scared, it was that I literally could have gotten hurt. So could they have. Or if I had called cops, some other innocent person. but I knew that the robbers had a bad life and were doing something really foolish and potentially self destructive & I just hope they stop hurting people and get better morally & in terms of whatever was going wrong.
@Angelous 777 ya but its an intresting story it catches peoples attention i mean i have all proof right here to show you it catched peoples attentchion i mean you clicked on this video didnt you? Thats why it would make a great movie it would make an exellent crime/drama/ action movie it intrest people
Such a well founded, humble and interesting case of "After the fact" self examination... Those of us, who don't make our way by committing crimes, would be well served, by making similar "How and why" assessments of our own many various life choices. A friend from the deep south once said "When it comes to making your life. Always gotta decide. Is the water really too deep, or are your legs, just really too short?"
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I've never heard or seen any of her clients complain of lost....I think she's just too good. I doubted it too not before I gave my first trial...and it was of no regret
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Amazing which criminals some people can see as “big men” and wish them the best while others are low life thugs or animals that deserve prison or death.
I had a friend who was an ex stick up robber. He was the nicest guy. He used to take care of his Granny. I adored him but lost track of him. Cain is wonderful for trying to rectify his mistakes working with victims and offenders. Best of luck to him.
Great work I love your movies I'm loving this side of you even more I tried to put a video like what you did up in Australia I would be arrested there is no freedom speech in this country I've got to be careful in what I say I agree 100%
if you want to get away with any crime it's important to know how policing works and understand how people get caught. it's important to study people who were caught
These bank robberies we're committed at a time where there were a fraction of the security and cctv cameras there are today. Very important to mention.
When I was 18 I went on a 10 month crime spree because I was a heroin addict and I did about 45 armed robberies, I always thought that because I didn't physically hurt anyone that it wasn't that bad but years later in jail I did a course called (armed robbery prevention) which I thought was dumb but out of all the courses I did in jail that one showed how much my actions really hurt people mentally and emotionally and some people were still suffering many many years later and in that moment the reality of what I did hit me like a ton of bricks and I i had to act hard and tough in front of the other crims but inside and later on I was feeling alot of guilt and I really hope that the people involved with my crimes are not still suffering today. I am now drug and crime free for many years.
@Larry Foster yeah thanks mate while my daily life isn't the best mental health wise that's just part of the price for living the way I did for so long but the love of my kids is what keeps me going and that will never change. Thank you for your words of encouragement I appreciate mate, I wish you and yours nothing but the best. 👍😊
@Larry Foster well I only got arrested for 5 armed robberies and because I plead guilty they dropped 1 of the charges so I was left with 4 armed robberies, here in Australia there is a sentencing method call a form 1 which basically means that out of my 4 separate charges I do the sentence that is the most out of all of them and the others run concurrently so for 1 of the charges I was given 5yrs which was 3yrs jail with 2yrs parole, at the end of 3yrs if I haven't gotten into any trouble inside then I will get parole but if not I could end up staying inside for the full 5yrs. Because I was only 18 and I had no criminal history plus the fact that I was an addict which means I more than likely wouldn't have committed the crimes if I wasn't on heroin they give you a sentence that they feel is enough to punish you but not so long that it will ruin any chance of me being able to be apart of society when I get, basically they don't want to turn me into a life long criminal by giving me 10yrs or by making me institutionalised. Also here in Australia our sentencing laws are no where near as harsh as say America which is a good thing because if I was still in jail and there for the rest of my life I would forever be a drain on governments resources but more importantly I wouldn't be able to be there for my 2 kids who are 18 and 9, my 18yr old son would be different if I wasn't here for him to try to help him see the what life is like and how badly life can be effected by drugs and crime and the costs it has, I have always been honest with him about my past and even though everyone has to learn themselves it has helped alot that through talking to him constantly about everything and anything he has thankfully learnt some lessons from my mistakes and some of his own but even with his mistakes (which were nothing like mine) he is doing great, he has a full time job, saves most of his money and is kind, loving and respectful person who I am incredibly proud of and I tell him that regularly. I also wouldn't be able to spend that quality time with my little girl playing all the time and helping her to enjoy her childhood as much as possible while doing my best to teach her that it is nice to be beautiful on the outside but it's much more important to be beautiful on the inside and luckily she is both. I just want to be the best father I can be to my kids and in the last 5+ years because of methadone I have been clean and not touched any drugs and especially haven't even thought about crime and my relationship with my kids has never been better which is only a positive thing for society, the cycle of crime and and drugs didn't turn into a cycle because it started and stopped with me and I am always grateful that my kids are doing so well and just living a normal quite life.
Biggest hand he had in the deal was low quality surveillance. With high def cameras, and security greatly improved. His scheme more than likely would have not lasted nearly as long as it did in today's scenario.
I've never robbed a bank but years ago I walked into a bank and next thing the tellers dived under their desks and as I looked around wondering what what's going on the 2 customers ran out and left me at the counter. Once I realised that I was the so called robber I was saying excuse me, can I please get served? I actually felt quite awkward but I couldn't get them out from under their desks. Eventually they came out but the police were there by then and knew who I was so were also convinced I was there to do a robbery. It was definitely a weird start to the day. Small town syndrome I guess.
When we were kids, a friend of mine and I "robbed" the bank in our small hometown not a hundred times but quite often until we got "arrested" and handed over to our parents. If I remember correctly we were using squirt guns and we were about 5 years old. It was a short but intense criminal career.
Rule #1 Leave with a friend, comeback with a witness. My uncle robbed multiple banks & was turned in 10yrs later because his partner got caught on a petty theft. So he's doing 10yrs because his friend didn't want to do 1-3 months or probation.
Dude had multiple million under the floor yet still continued to steal (and this was in 2000 so worth a decent chunk more back then)...that's just pure greed. Plus, absolutely no way he turned himself in like that. Probably heard he'd been tipped off to the FBI, didn't want to run out on his family, so turned himself in to negotiate a lighter sentence. He got 9 years in 2002.
I live in Adelaide, south Australia, and we've had several long term bank robbers that were never caught. One was the postcard bandit. He used to Rob banks in the outer metro/inner country banks on a push bike. Had another one who robbed the bank, then simply jogged away down the street. He's right about blending in. He's also right about the psychological damage. My mates mum had a sawn off shotgun jammed in her face during a bank robbery, 8 years later and she's still a mess. Hasn't worked a day since, either. Like in his robberies, nobody was ever injured(except psychologically of course) in any of our robberies either. 100 banks in 2 years though, damn son, that's impressive.
yeah well If I would be in a robbery, it would not really traumatize me. but I already have PTSD from worse stuff, so idk. many people are also just really.. soft.. a shotgun in the face and stuff of course that is indeed bad, but just being in a bank when a gentleman robber does the gentle robbery thing, I really would not care about stuff like this. there is always a gentle way of doing things, of course something like gentle raping or anything like that does not exist, but in general, life is hard. a few weeks ago I almost got run over by a car, like the 2nd time. I would classify this about as bad as being a bank-worker with a gentle robber, even if he is rude.
It’s almost like the FBI didn’t even want him to hand himself in. He could’ve quit while he was ahead, and just used some of the money to settle his conscience a bit.
"there was a pregnant lady... I don't want to rob the bank with a pregnant lady in case I accidentally harm the baby" (paraphrased) Professionals have standards
It must be a pretty crazy realization that as the rubber you know you mean good intentions toward innocent people and that you don’t want to hurt them. But they don’t know that and think you could possibly kill them specially with any type of gun.
So I can this be something to be proud of some might say, banks rip us off all the time but at the end of the day you are taking something that is not yours and there are consequences.
I was robbed 2 years ago. Bank robberies definitely aren't what you see in the movies. 9/10 times these days it's one dude passing a note to the teller. These guys have no interest in drama. They wanna get in and out as quickly as possible. Also, dye packs are rarely used anymore out of safety concerns. Most banks opt for bait money.
@MPrime what if they spotted it and executed you on the spot sounds pretty stupid to me. Just give the money chances are they're caught and it's recovered or its insured.
Everybody deserves a 2nd chance. Especially if they are able to reform themselves. Locking them away in a warehouse for the rest of their life doesn't benefit anyone.
You can't really calculate how many crimes have been prevented by jails. Ask someone who family member was killed by a repeat violent offender if there would be a benefit to the perpetrator being in jail and not on the streets.
He said that when he contacted me the feds, someone had already mentioned his name. I wonder if the person who turned him in was a family member, that he had disclosed the thefts? I suspect that he was turned in for a reward. But only based on his disclosing his crime speed to family?
My father knew a couple of guys who'd rob post offices. They'd hit one after the other. They were absolutely BRILLIANT guys, but bored with daily life. Eventually they were caught, though, because they got sloppy and left a pattern.
First time I’ve ever heard of this guy, but he’s well spoken and in his own way impressive. No one taught him how to rob a bank, or was part of a bigger criminal organization, he just started doing it (out of desperation). As others have said, he probably stretched the truth and agreed to do this interview for his own benefit but still no less impressive LS
@David Kordesh turning himself in IS absolutely self serving. The more difficult you make it for the cops or the justice system…the more difficult they make it on you. I’m sure the pressure of “the life “ was getting to him. I think “greed” can be good…in his case greed for a life where you don’t always have to look over your shoulder…is a great alternative
@Brad Kindley No such thing as 3/4 mixed. Do you realize how moronic that sounds. You're literally losing sleep over whether this man is blk or wht. Sounds like you're one of those covert racist types. Anybody that looks wht but is blk you'll want to claim them as your own if their positive and shame them if they are negative. I see your type a mile away. You probably believe Egyptians were wht to huh? 😆 🤣 😂 This some sad shii. By the way, the blk gene is dominant over all genes. You should have learned that in 9th grade biology. But, carry on.
@BACCGOD 9 Well maybe from other videos you can tell. His head is buzzed down to the shortest setting and his facial hair is barely more than trimmed right down. Plenty of white people with thick stubble/hair. I dunno if you are aware, but most white people are not gingers like Prince Harry. You already admit he's mixed. And I'd say he's probably 3/4 or more white genes. If if he actually is only half, then he took after his white parent a heck of a lot more.
@Brad Kindley Lol. Hes not wht. Stop it. He can pass for wht because he's mixed race. Other then a pointy nose, wha other features are wht? And even with that,, his nostrils are broad, which is a giveaway to blk genes. His hair on his face is coarse, which is giveaway to blk genes. He's not reddish or yellowish tan, he's brownish, which also means it's his natural melanin and not a tan. Stop it already. And finally, but most importantly, I saw another video that showed family members of him...and they were blk as night. NO MORE TALK
Fun fact, they did get the calabassas banks correct. I was sitting and watching the footage of the banks and I was thinking to myself, well that looks familiar. Then I thought to myself it would be funny if I actually knew which banks were those. Afterwards, when he described Chase and Wells Fargo, the banks he actually robbed were in that footage.
Repent to Jesus Christ! “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed-not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence-continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,” Philippians 2:12 NIV H
I am all praises for ppl who turn their life around and right their wrongs... it is never easy. On the other hand, too little are told about those who are consistent keeping their life as clean as possible amidst temptations to go the other way... cause that too is heroic and not easy
Alright, so he cut a deal to turn in his associate(s) in the network and now he can talk about it and this is how he can capitalize on the story. Good for him.
Soo being dishonest and betraying the public trust is fine but being dishonest and betraying another criminal is bad? No honor among thieves. He broke any rule of man to capitalize off crime and you think he's not going to capitalize off that?
2:59 Just like in the UK in the 90s. A bank by the big Tesco on the A40 was closed due to being robbed so many times. All because it was on the A40. Which meant you'd jumped straight on that and a short distance and you'd be on the M40 and could just head up to the North of England and hide out there.
He totally didn't turn himself in out of conscience at the same week as someone reported him to the FBI. The coincidence is too unbelieveable. More likely than not he had heard about it and immediately contacted his attorney to try to get a shorter sentence.
@asdf He was profiled on America's most wanted before he turned himself in as well. Add to it the fact the police were looking at him as a person of interest makes his story of after 24 robberies the reason he surrendered was he grew a conscience unlikely.
i saw a youtube video one time of some old guy robbing a store for money for medicine for his sick daughter, and when he got the money he realised it wasnt enough so he gave it back, and still went to jail for a LONG time, it was kinda sad that we allow people to become that desperate and hopeless, so that we can then justify it and be like, see? aha! this is why we need more cops! ;/
Great person!. Better than me cus I still say it's absolute minimal victim abrasion considering other violent crimes and abrasion is dependant on their level of cooperation. Protecting the bank's money during robbery is just protecting money for money's sake.
What he did might have been wrong, but you have to admire the crazy amount of foresight this guy had to avoid being detected by the cops. Ordering people to keep looking forward rather than lie on the floor with their arms out seems so obvious but it blew my mind
No way he was a junkie. He said he had millions saved. 100% hid the cash, claimed to have spent it all on drugs, turned himself in, got out with a retirement fund.
I'm skeptical on some parts of this story. Edit: kinda left this part out.... Typically, a lone robber will slip a demand note to a teller or ask for money quietly to attract as little attention as possible. The Kangaroo Bandit was brazenly aggressive, however. Flashing his gun and shouting obscenities, he struck fear into customers and tellers alike.
As a former teller he’s absolutely right. I managed a teller line in DC back in 2008 and depending on the day of the week I could have north of 800k sitting in my vault. My branch was so busy I would have to ship out money two times a week to be in compliance. I remember one time we took in so many deposits that we almost had a million and It was the only time I ever considered filling up a duffle bag and making a run for it lol.
Its not that hard to make real money the legal way, its just that nobody wants to share their secrets or disclosed the amounts they make. Here in America the only way to make money is to open a business. Their is no magical way of millionaire overnight like those who invent something. American Dream exist only if you have a business. Their is many things to start from, but for everything, you have to start from the bottom.
