Police: Western Pa. man wearing wig, fake breasts and clown pants arrested after bank robbery
By APMonday, July 26, 2010
Police: Man robs bank in clown pants, fake breasts
SWISSVALE, Pa. — Authorities say a Pittsburgh-area man robbed a bank wearing a woman’s blond wig, fake breasts under a sweater and clown pants.
Swissvale police say 48-year-old Dennis Hawkins of North Braddock was sitting in a parked car covered in red dye from an exploding packet in a bag of money when he was arrested Saturday.
Police Chief Greg Geppert says Hawkins robbed the bank at gunpoint, using a toy BB gun he had shoplifted from a store.
Geppert says Hawkins then entered a woman’s car. She got out, took her keys and alerted police. Hawkins was found sitting in the car.
He is being held on $230,000 bail. It’s not clear whether he has an attorney.
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