Form a Martin County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Facebook post: “Saturday evening, Wells Fargo Bank alarm monitoring service notified MCSO of a bank robbery in progress at the branch on US1 in Hobe Sound. It was around 7pm. The suspect, now identified as 33-year old Colton Van Hohenstien of Hobe Sound, was caught on gas station video purchasing a mask. He then went across the street to the Wells Fargo bank where he walked through the unlocked doors of the closed bank. The suspect began opening drawers and cabinets but they were empty, so he left. BACK TO MCSO: Dispatchers received the call from the bank security video monitoring system of a ‘bank robbery in-progress’, sighting a masked man inside the bank. MCSO immediately responded and surrounded the bank.”

“But no one was inside. Not even the suspect. The alarm company later notified us that they waited at least one hour before calling MCSO, and the masked man who left empty handed was long gone.”

“Because security footage clearly captured images of the suspect buying the mask used in this incident, he was located and arrested this afternoon. He was charged with burglary despite the fact that the only thing he walked with was the mask that set him back five bucks. Why the doors were unlocked, and why the alarm monitoring company called in an ‘in-progress robbery’ on a burglary that happened at a closed bank one hour prior, is still under investigation.”

So it’s actually a three-way race between the suspect who would buy a mask across the street, the Wells Fargo branch who left their fucking front door unlocked (at least the vault wasn’t open), and the security monitoring company who tried to make it seem like they were on top of it when they very obviously were not. At least the sheriff’s office were able to find the asshole.