Bank Robber Offers Cash For Getaway Rides: King County Sheriff

KENMORE, WA - A bank robber tried to pay passersby for getaway rides after knocking over a Chase bank on Wednesday afternoon, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. The bank robbery took place around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at a bank along the 6700 block of Northeast 181st Street, which is adjacent to Kenmore City Hall.

KOMO News spoke to one of the would-be getaway drivers who told reporters that the robber offered him $3,200 for a ride and to rob more banks. Luke Balogh, who apparently recognized the bank robber, refused to give him a ride; then, he was offered $500 just to use Balogh's car, according to KOMO. Then the bank robber threatened Balogh with a gun, but he still refused.

The robber then proceeded to try and get a ride from an employee at a nearby espresso stand, offering the worker $500.

No one took the robber up on his offer.

King County Sheriff's deputies found the robber hiding in some bushes near the Kenmore Library, which is next to the Chase branch that the bank robber originally robbed.

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