Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Practical Joke Gets Bank Customer Arrested Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 07:26:22 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Practical Joke Gets Bank Customer Arrested Publication Date: Sunday November 22, 1992 BYLINE: A man couldn't understand why the teller at a bank drive-in window gave him $1,575 when all he asked for was a deposit slip. He was really shocked when police arrested him. William Baitinger was the victim of a practical joke by a co-worker, Alvin A. Blome, Police Lt. Jon Wainwright said. Blome was charged with disorderly conduct. Blome was in front of Baitinger at a bank's drive-in line Friday. He placed a note in the cash drawer saying he had a bomb and demanding money, Wainwright said. Blome thought Baitinger would open the drawer and see the note, but Baitinger asked the teller for a deposit slip instead. When the teller went to place the deposit slip in the drawer, she saw the note and handed over the money, Wainwright said. The teller called police, who arrested Baitinger. He was freed when Blome called the station. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM