Flower Power

29 July 2010 - A robber in New York came up with a disarming way to pull off his latest bank heist, approaching the teller's window with a large bouquet of flowers and handling over a hold-up note. The charm offensive did not work and the thief has been arrested. A security camera showed the suspect standing at the teller's window holding the bouquet wile handing over the note, which reportedly read: "Give me all your hundreds, fifties, don't be a hero". The man fled the scene after the teller handed over USD 440. This was the second known bank heist by the suspect, who last week robbed a different New York bank armed with a potted houseplant.