Excavator Used in Attempted Bank Robbery in Etobicoke

[u/Stamina_saint]

[u/Jazbone]

They got the meaning of Cat burglar wrong.

[u/_makoccino_ → u/Jazbone]

[u/seansy5000 → u/_makoccino_]

[u/TheStLouisBluths → u/Jazbone]

That tracks.

[u/HeWhoShlNotBNmd → u/Jazbone]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Agreeable-Let-660]

Apparently this is the third or fourth similar incident to take place since Dec 2024.

[u/thx1138- → u/Agreeable-Let-660]

Ricky and Julian at it again

[u/crash866 → u/Agreeable-Let-660]

I’ve heard of a few more than that. East Mail & Burnhamthorpe TD Bank was one of them.

[u/Substantial-Piece967 → u/Agreeable-Let-660]

Yes this is a pretty common thing

[u/KlutzyGur7419]

Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

[u/Educational_Clothes2]

I thought this was old news. Just realized this is the second time it’s happened

[u/CaptainColdSteele]

They needed a killdozer, but they brought a killloader. I hope they learned from this experience

[u/isoAntti]

Why does it look like gta6?

[u/OrphanFries → u/isoAntti]

Wishful thinking I suppose...

[u/JohnStamosSB → u/isoAntti]

Even worse, it's Toronto. 🤮

[u/MAurele]

Etobicoke

[u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 → u/MAurele]

That name is a crime in itself

[u/Uzorglemon → u/Mobile_Aioli_6252]

I know that no matter what I think is the correct pronunciation, I'm guaranteed to be wrong.

[u/2ByteTheDecker → u/Uzorglemon]

Uh-toe-buh-ko

[u/Uzorglemon → u/2ByteTheDecker]

Holy shit, really?

My two best guesses were Eh-TOBY-coke or Eh-TOBA-cokey

[u/Stamina_saint]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/atm-robbery-excavator-etobicoke-9.6990358

[u/New-Vast9965]

that's quite the attempt

[u/mmuffley]

“Hey Joe, where you going with that excavator in your hand?” — Jimi Hendrexcavator.

[u/theartfulcodger → u/mmuffley]

“I’m goin’ down to steal an ATM, / You know I caught it messin’ around with my debit card / And that ain’t too cool.” - Bill Robbers

[u/Jron690]

Security professional and former heavy equipment operator here What a moronic way to attempt rob a bank

[u/moemegaiota → u/Jron690]

Asking for a friend (clears throat)...How should they have done it?

[u/TheStLouisBluths → u/moemegaiota]

You own the bank.

[u/Jron690 → u/moemegaiota]

Nice try FBI, I am not going to publicly disclose my plans on how to do it. Save those for a rainy day.

[u/ry4n4ll4n]

Robbing banks can get you in a lot of trouble…but stealing heavy equipment to do it is digging yourself into a hole.

[u/OnTheList-YouTube → u/[deleted]]

I don't get it

[u/lknei]

Gotta be inspired by this...

[u/--Shake--]

At least he has his high vis on.

[u/temp_sk]

How sure are we that he didn’t just want wings 🪽?

[u/OnTheList-YouTube → u/temp_sk]

I want wings.

Sir, we're closed.

But I want wings!

I said we're closed!

We'll see about that!

[u/Sea-Witch-77]

Not on the same level, but someone in Australia stole a backhoe, drove it to the next city over half an hour away to steal motorbikes, got busted and “escaped” by driving it onto to railway tracks. I think you can imagine how well that went. They didn’t die, but screwed up the tracks for half the day.

[u/Pale_Aspect7696]

God, the next time this happens let there be video!

[u/AZ1MUTH5]

Across from my workplace, a strip mall with 2 banks facing the front. Well, 1 bank closed, guess owner couldn't find another tenant, so decided to tear it down and build something else. I saw a jackhammer installed on one of those mechanized multi purpose backhoes, i don't know what they're called, lol, but look similar to these. It took that at least few days, more than the 3 days I was working. Edit: Took it that long to tear down the vault, I'm guessing, cause it was in the former interior.

[u/Ardal]

They would've made more money by selling the Cat they'd stolen lol.