Dye is cast for accused bank robber

[TexasStooge]

BOCA RATON, Fla. — A man accused of robbing a bank tried to convince police that the red ink covering his hands didn't come from exploding dye packs, but from coloring Easter eggs.

Richard Roy, 41, was arrested Saturday, a day before Easter Sunday. He is accused of robbing a Wachovia Bank twice the week before.

A teller at the bank put dye packs in the robber's bag April 15 and again Friday. In the first robbery, a man gave a teller a handwritten note demanding money, then took out a gun and told the teller he would use it if necessary, police said. He got away with whopping $462.87, according to police. The same robber returned Friday and handed over a note that read, "No dye pack this time. I will shoot you!" He then demanded money and got $5,420, police said.

But during the second robbery, a bank employee recognized the gunman as a customer's boyfriend. Another employee got a description of the getaway car and the information led to Roy, police said.

Roy was charged with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon and is being held without bail.