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Miami Field Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
16320 N.W. 2nd Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL 33169
(305) 787-6409

For Immediate Release
October 1, 2002

Update on Bumbling Bank Robber

The FBI Miami Division and the North Miami Beach Police Department are providing the following update regarding the bank robbery from yesterday, September 30, 2002 at Wachovia Bank, 801 Northeast 167th Street, North Miami Beach, Florida. The bank robber's two gold teeth were found in the street and are being retained as evidence. The robber's teeth were knocked out when he was hit by the van while running away from the bank to the getaway car.

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 30, 2002, an unknown subject robbed Wachovia Bank located at 801 Northeast 8th Street, North Miami Beach, Florida. The robber walked into the bank, approached a teller and asked if she was open. As he walked to her teller window, he pulled a handgun out of his pocket and pointed it at her. He demanded that she fill up a bag with money. The teller complied and gave him an undisclosed amount of money.

The handgun discharged inside the bank as he was putting the gun back in his pocket. It is unknown at this time if the robber shot himself when the gun discharged. No one was injured inside the bank. The robber ran out of the bank and was struck by a white van as he was crossing the street. The robber was pulled underneath the van and had to have assistance getting out. He then ran a short distance to a getaway car driven by a black female. The car is described as a red Mitsubishi Mirage.

The robber is described as follows:

Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: Late 20's to early 30's
Height: 6'2"
Build: Thin
Clothing: Black Nike T-shirt, blue sweat pants, black Nike leather hat
Other: Mustache

A statewide "Be On The Lookout" (BOLO) has been issued for law enforcement to be aware that the robber is injured and may seek medical attention.

The FBI Miami Division is also releasing a photograph from a prior bank robbery showing an individual who is believed to be the same person who robbed Wachovia Bank.

The earlier bank robbery occurred on March 28, 2002 at Kislak National Bank located at 301 71st Street, Miami Beach, Florida. At approximately 1:30 p.m., the robber walked into the bank, approached a teller and took out a handgun from a zippered pouch. The robber demanded money, but when the teller started to take money from her top drawer, he jump the teller counter and pointing the weapon at her, advised her to move back. The robber then grabbed money from below the top drawer. The robber vaulted back over the counter and fled the bank on foot.

If anyone has information as to the identity of this individual, they are urged to call the FBI at (305) 944-9101, North Miami Beach Police Department at (305) 949-5599, or Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-8477 (TIPS.)

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Gold teeth trap robber

Feb, 7, 2003

MIAMI - A man the FBI dubbed the "bumbling bank robber" has been convicted after investigators matched his DNA to the gold teeth knocked out when a van hit the fleeing suspect. Charles Edward Jones was convicted of bank robbery in US District Court and faces up to life imprisonment.

On September 30 last year Jones walked into a Wachovia Bank in Miami, pulled a gun from his pocket and robbed a teller of about $US16,000. As he ran out of the bank, he stuffed the gun into his waistband, accidentally firing it into his pants. The bullet missed him but when he stepped into the street he was hit by a van delivering school lunches.

Jones managed to stumble to a waiting car, leaving two gold teeth, his gun and hat lying in the street. The FBI matched DNA from the teeth with Jones' DNA, proving he had been in the bank.

Jones was arrested a few days after the robbery at a Miami hotel, where agents found a sock full of money stuffed into his trousers.

The serial numbers from the recovered money matched the notes taken from the bank.