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Blame the economy: Colorado school teacher robs bank in a beekeeper’s mask

June 14, 2012

Don't worry, that red stuff isn't blood. It's just an exploded dye pack. Courtesy of Wikipedia. — Don’t worry, that red stuff isn’t blood. It’s just an exploded dye pack. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

I guess times really are tough.

Christian Paetsh, a former Douglas County School teacher, has been charged with counts of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm, according to www.ourcoloradonews.com, after attempting to rob a bank on June 2.

His choice in identity concealment: a beekeeper’s helmet. I imagine those cost more than the common panty house, but I guess when you leave home to rob a bank you just use whatever’s lying around. After all, bank robbery is no decision not to take lightly.

Or maybe he was just running away from an angry bee hive …

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