Original Blog Entry: Man tries to fish bag out of bank night drop slot

truesee — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:08:37 GMT

Bank night deposit angler comes up empty

RICHARD WALKER

T D Staff Writer

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Somewhere, someone is lamenting the one that got away.

A creative angler tried fishing for a bank deposit bag from a night drop slot Friday morning, police say.

It s under investigation, said Capt. Ed Conner of the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety. We ll be looking at the evidence to see if we can put a face with the image on video.

Employees of the First Citizen s Bank on Columbia Road told investigators that when they retrieved the night deposit bags from Thursday s drops, they discovered one bag sported a fishing hook. Some fishing line dangled from the hook.

Two more hooks were found in the deposit box along with a putty-like substance that may have been used in lieu of a fishing weight, investigators say.

The bank s security tape shows an individual outside the bank at about 4:29 a.m. Friday.

Police say they ve seen about everything else. But fishing in a deposit drop slot is a new one.

This is my first with fishing hooks, definitely my first, said lead investigator Lt. Becky Whitman.

Police say it may not be obvious to some, but a night deposit drop slot is not a good place for fishing.

The security mechanisms at the bank s night deposit drop ... it s impossible for someone to retrieve a bag, Conner said. In other words, you can t go fishing for a night deposit bag.

No bags are believed to have been reeled out.

However, it is still a crime, and a federal one at that, Conner said. Police ask that you call them at 803-534-2812 if you know the identity of the angler.

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