Texas Man Drove BMW Dealership Loaner Car To Rob Bank, Tried To Use Stolen Money To Buy BMW

Eric Dion Warren, 50, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to his blatant - if not well-thought-out - crime.

Warren drove the dealership's loaner car to a bank near Lubbock, Texas, in 2019, when the incident occurred.

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When he arrived, he put a fast food restaurant bag on the counter and handed a note to the cashier that read: "This is a robbery of the highest order. Play with me and you'll die. I'm looking for $10,000 in 50 and 100 dollar bills, and you just have one minute before I kill you."

"I ain't messing around," he said later, grabbing what seemed to be a handgun and telling a bank employee, "I just want 100s and 50s."

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According to the prosecutors, the bank teller gave him the cash in the bag, along with a roll of $20 bills with serial numbers recorded on them.

He then returned to the same car dealership with his $5,086 and was seen in the process of buying a black BMW car.

The prosecution team said: "Mr. Warren began waving the cash that he had illegally obtained from the bank robbery at employees in the car dealership."

When the authorities called the car dealership a quarter of an hour later to warn them about the getaway car, which had plates that were registered with them, things began to fall apart for Warren.

When the cops arrived at the dealership, they discovered Warren with the cash and a pellet gun that had been altered to look like a real weapon.

The official release detailing the crime reads: "Mr. Warren was arrested with $5,086 in cash.

"The serial numbers of the money found on Mr. Warren's person were cross-referenced and matched the numbers of the bills stolen from AIM bank.

"Law enforcement also recovered a painted pellet gun, resembling a real handgun, approximately 10 feet way from Mr. Warren at the time of his arrest.

"The demand note given to the teller at the bank was analyzed and confirmed the existence of Mr. Warren's fingerprints and DNA."