Santa sticks up bank to 'pay elves'

Nashville cops are hunting a rogue Saint Nick who on Tuesday robbed a SunTrust Bank because "Santa needed to pay his elves", as the perp explained to staff. Surveillance image of Santa stick-up According to AP, a bank clerk asked the seasonally-costumed customer to take off his sunglasses, but instead he "reached into his …

[Gareth.]

I know where he's hiding out...

I'm pretty sure I saw him in my local Debenham's yesterday afternoon.

Am I gonna get any reward money for this...?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sign

I like the sign saying "next window please"... it's like saying "don't shoot me, shoot him instead"

[LuMan]

Easy Catch

All the cops have to do is look out for elves driving posh cars, wearing uber-bling and dating supermodels. Simply tail them back and presto - one bad Santa in the slammer.

Make mine an egg-nog!

[Pete 2]

A better reason than

.. elf and safety

[Stratman]

Don't worry

NORAD have him in their sights

noradsanta.org

[Pollo]

Does this mean

...he can be found in a bar somewhere surrounded by Ho Ho Ho's?

(sorry)

Mine's the one with tinsel in the pocket

[Scogar]

Wow!

Tough Union... the Elves are out of control!

[Rob Beard]

Maybe he watched a recent episode of Bones...

... where a Santa tried to hold up a bank. Difference is he had a load of explosives attached to him and then he went bang.

Might have been more fitting if he was dressed as Bob Crachett.

Rob

[Jason Yau]

Feeding

flying reindeer must cost a pretty penny

Mine's the one with the mince pie in the pocket

[lukewarmdog]

staff said

We're so used to being robbed by Nixon, security didn't bother with Santa.

Wait til Easter when they get robbed by the same guy as the Easter Bunny.

And again at Halloween when he robs them as a skeleton.

And yet again at Kwanza when he robs them as a robot.

Seriously.. they need to sit up and smell some coffee.

[Francis Offord]

Peace and goodwill to all men

Not to mention elves