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5:29pm, September 11, 2003
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By Associated Press, 9/11/2003
ROME, Ga. -- Getting caught robbing a bank was a drag for this suspect, police say.
Authorities nabbed the alleged bank thief who was donning a floral dress and a floppy hat -- and a mustache.
Donald Craig Pollard walked into Regions Bank Tuesday dressed in drag, and handed a teller a note threatening to shoot if he were not given money, police said.
Pollard was not armed, Detective Kelly Flowers said.
Pollard left the bank with an unspecified amount of money, police said, then stripped off the dress and hat to reveal men's clothing underneath. Floyd County police Officer Jesse Adams arrested him in a parking lot across the street moments later, recovering all the cash.
Pollard, who is homeless and was staying at the at the Salvation Army in Rome, said he needed the money for drugs, police said.
He was charged with robbery and a probation violation. He was jailed Wednesday on $55,000 bail, court officials said.
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