New information has been released regarding the bank robbery in Monroe, WA. In addition to escaping via inner tube, the suspect also may have had help from unsuspecting job-seekers.

Mike, who wanted to be identified only by his first name, told KING-5 that he saw a Craigslist ad last week seeking workers for a road-maintenance project. He inquired and was e-mailed instructions to meet near the bank at 11 a.m. Tuesday and to wear specific clothing.

“Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask … and, if possible, a blue shirt,” Mike told KING-5. No contractor met Mike and about a dozen other similarly dressed men who showed up at the bank, and they thought they had been stood up. Then, KING-5 reported, a man told them about the bank robbery. ” ‘Yeah, guys, we just got scammed,’ ” Mike said the man told him. “Bank robbery just happened to be right across the street, in the same attire in all the e-mails that everyone got.”

I can see it now: suspect jumps into the Skykomish river on an inner tube, pulls out an iPhone, and sends a Tweet to an accomplice downriver, who then uploads a photo of his/her position via Flickr to LiveJournal.

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