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Did a Bank Robber Eat His Evidence? It Appears So.

By mbrickley

According to the Akron Beacon Journal, an Ohio man arrested for allegedly robbing a bank actually consumed the evidence while officers were cuffing him. A “DashCam” video shows the man munching on a piece of paper while the officers are searching his pockets and handcuffing him on the hood of their police cruiser. John H. Ford, 35, allegedly handed a note to a bank teller in Streetsboro, Ohio that demanded she hand over some cash. Ford was pulled over and arrested in Twinsburg, Ohio, where officers searched his pockets and threw their findings on the hood of the car. Later, the note was nowhere to be found, and officers reviewed the footage from the “DashCam.” In the video, officers said they saw Ford lean over to eat something off the hood of the police car...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on November 26, 2009 (boomark / email).