After Bank Robber Failed at First Bank, He Crossed Street and Tried Again: Cops

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again? That was apparently what a 67-year-old New Jersey man figured when he allegedly tried to rob one bank, failed, but then successfully robbed the bank across the street. Police say that on June 30, Ivan Sevastianow walked into a Wells Fargo in Lakewood and handed the teller a note demanding money. "The teller denied his request, so he left the bank and proceeded to walk across the intersection to the TD Bank (on) Madison Avenue," the township police captain says, per NJ.com. Police say a teller at that bank complied with the note and Sevastianow walked out with about $1,500.

Then, on July 6, police say Sevastianow robbed another bank, this time in Old Bridge. It was after he was arrested there that police realized he matched the description from the earlier robbery and attempted robbery, Patch reports. He's charged with three counts of second-degree bank robbery and was being held in the Middlesex County Jail ahead of a court hearing, according to court records. (More weird crimes stories.)