When you want something, just ask. Apparently that is the adage that applied to a bank robber in Chicago. The robber sent a note through a vacuum tube to the teller at the drive-through window at a branch of Chicago's LaSalle Bank and the teller obliged, returning an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

An after-hours ATM user alerted police after finding the doors to the 'Banco Nacion' Catriel bank branch were left "wide open. " Police responded by surrounding the bank, suspecting a robbery was in progress.

Booker Boyd, 49, decided to disguise himself in drag to rob a bank Wednesday afternoon. His mistake was forgetting to change before driving off in a stolen Ford Expedition. When police saw the culprit in a black dress with red flowers, red straw hat, and little black moustache, they knew they had their man. . . so to speak.

Booker Boyd, 49, decided to disguise himself in drag to rob a bank Wednesday afternoon. His mistake was forgetting to change before driving off in a stolen Ford Expedition. When police saw the culprit in a black dress with red flowers, red straw hat, and little black moustache, they knew they had their man. . . so to speak.

A bank robber's escape is thwarted after a courier stops him with a broomstick. The man had just finished robbing 2,000 pounds from a Bank of Cyprus branch and was running out when he was spotted by the 19-year-old.