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Friendly, Fuel-Sipping Chevy Aveo: Even Used In Bank Robberies!

16 3,151 views Sep 1, 2009
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2010 Chevrolet Aveo LT w/1LT

2010 Chevrolet Aveo LT w/1LT

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The practical, fuel efficient Chevrolet Aveo can save you money both on the purchase price and the gasoline it sips in use. The four-door sedan seats four, and the hatchback offers easily accessible load space for canvas sacks stuffed with banknotes.

But if you're going to use it for a getaway, hang onto your car keys after you rob that bank.


Neglecting that handy hint landed a gang of four robbers in the clink in the town of Bear, Delaware, yesterday, after one of them locked the keys to his Chevrolet Aveo in the bank they had just robbed.

Three men wearing wigs, along with one woman, entered the Artisans Bank yesterday morning just after 9 am. They fired a shot into the ceiling, tied up two employees with duct tape, and herded six others into a bathroom.

After forcing an employee to get money from the vault and teller drawers, they fled--leaving the car keys inside. Once they realized they couldn't get back inside, the female getaway driver pulled up in a Ford Escort and sped them away.

Police stopped the Ford soon thereafter, and arrested Olman Mencia, 21, of Atlantic City, New Jersey; his brother Marvin Mencia, 22, of Egg Harbor, New Jersey; and brother and sister Jeffrey Johnson, 21, and Ciara Johnson, 20, also of Atlantic City.

The four racked up six counts of robbery, eight kidnapping offenses, and further charges of aggravated menacing, conspiracy, weapons offenses and wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony.

Alleged robbery at Artisans Bank, Bear, Delaware

Alleged robbery at Artisans Bank, Bear, Delaware

[Delaware Online]


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Comments (16)

  1. Aveo lover Posted: 9/1/2009 2:44pm PDT

    Moral of the story: An Aveo could have outrun the cops, shouldn't have left the keys in the bank.
     
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  2. marty avatar Marty Padgett Posted: 9/1/2009 2:52pm PDT

    Seeing the photo, I think the moral of the story is from the Paris Hilton school of mug shots: get your hair did before you go rob a bank. He's somewhere between Pippi Longstocking and Sideshow Bob.
     
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  3. Rob Ber Posted: 9/1/2009 3:23pm PDT

    Amateurs. But very funny.
     
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  4. ari gold Posted: 9/1/2009 3:30pm PDT

    what a bunch of dodos- if they are robbing banks with a chevy aveo no wonder they get caught!!
     
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  5. nebraska Posted: 9/1/2009 3:32pm PDT

    these guys need to learn from the pros:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9rOCGRlCo4
    (Robert De Niro & Al Pacino face off in an Epic crime saga Heat)
     
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  6. sid avatar Siddharth Raja Posted: 9/1/2009 3:34pm PDT

    This is why you should have a car with keyless entry when you rob banks!
     
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  7. bengt avatar Bengt Halvorson Posted: 9/1/2009 3:35pm PDT

    "So Marvin, why the wigs? And why did you just toss the Aveo keys in the safe?"
    "Exactly..."
     
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  8. Nelson avatar Nelson Ireson Posted: 9/1/2009 3:40pm PDT

    Robbery rule #1: You're there to TAKE things, not leave them.
     
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  9. cooldude Posted: 9/1/2009 5:07pm PDT

    ha ha ha ... very funny
     
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  10. AutoBoy Posted: 9/1/2009 5:28pm PDT

    car sounds very solid. robbers appear to be knobs. hopefully they can be "rehabilitated" in prison.
     
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  11. Viknesh Posted: 9/1/2009 7:57pm PDT

    I didn't realize the guy in the pic was actually wearing a wig until I read the article.
     
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  12. foobulous Posted: 9/2/2009 1:26am PDT

    I wonder what's the favorite car for robbers. Not sure the Aveo would be a first choice!
     
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  13. car-lover Posted: 9/2/2009 9:48am PDT

    hilarious! I wonder even the Chevrolet was stolen.
     
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  14. bfs Posted: 9/2/2009 2:13pm PDT

    olman you poor thing. what were you thinking?
    ALL IN
     
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  15. kiyeerah Posted: 11/3/2009 9:45am PST

    no matter what, i still love you cuz!!
     
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  16. jasmine Posted: 11/3/2009 9:52am PST

    i hope you guys learn a lesson.... god still loves you
     
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