10 of the Most Bizarre Robberies

Here are 10 robberies newsworthy for their strangeness.

Some heists capture international attention for their high stakes or well-devised plans. Others get talked about mostly because they’re bizarre.
Her are 10 robberies newsworthy for their strangeness.
Number 10. Bear-shaped kiddie ride. Not only did a criminal in Belarus take the attraction, he used it as the getaway vehicle. Surveillance video shows him steering the bear out the door of a mall and then down the street.
Number 9. Bungled elevator escape. A robber entered an elevator, demanded a woman’s purse at knifepoint and then turned to exit. However, the doors had already closed and he had no choice but to take it up several floors.
Number 8. Bad humored ice cream thief. Noticing that the person in charge of a Good Humor ice cream chest was asleep, a man in Oakland Park, Florida took the opportunity to make off with the cart. Before doing so he flipped an obscene gesture at the nearby surveillance camera.
Number 7. Million-dollar oversight. A Seattle couple had their car broken into, but only a pair of sunglasses was taken. Thankfully, the robber didn’t realize that sitting just beneath the eyewear was a million-dollar-prize-winning lottery ticket. 
Number 6. Incriminating selfie video. Police picked up a Houston teen they suspected of being involved in area car thefts. While the youth was in custody, officers searched his phone and found a video he’d made of himself driving one of the vehicles in question. 
Number 5. Concealed flat screen TV. A woman in Costa Rica illegally removed a television from a store by hiding it between her legs and under her dress. Security footage shows that she walked in with a friend, so she may have had some help pulling off the physically challenging feat. 
Number 4. Bumbled ATM Grab. A man in Queensland, Australia almost got away with a gas station’s ATM. He crashed through the glass doors and gained access to it, but failed to properly chain the machine to the getaway truck – twice.
Number 3. TV crew mugging. A news team was broadcasting from outside a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa when armed individuals accosted them and demanded they hand over their valuables. The perpetrators got away, but their crime was caught on camera. 
Number 2. In Canberra, Australia, a white Subaru plowed through the glass façade of a mall. 
The vehicle drove down the corridor for a bit before reversing and smashing into a number of stores. Two crooks soon got out of the car and entered a jewelry store. 
Armed with crow bars, they smashed display cases and stole an unspecified amount of items before getting back into the car and fleeing the scene. 
Number 1. Tipping bandit. A woman held personnel at a Subway in Oklahoma City at gunpoint twice, demanding on both occasions that they give her money. The first time around she threw a dollar into the tip jar on her way out.