7-Year-Old Boy, 8-Year-Old Girl On Bank Robbery Spree Across Midwest
While some may have thought that outlaw bank robberies were a terror that only our great-grandparents had to deal with, one duo has proven it is anything but.Robert Middleton and Stacey Antworth are not your run-of-the-mill bank robbers for many reasons. The main reason being that the two have combined for a total of 15 years on the Earth. Middleton turned eight in January, according to his mother. Antworth is seven, and will be eight in April.The two have committed 16 bank robberies as they cross the country, and the reason for their success is simple: âTheyâre too cute to say no to,â says bank teller Rebecca Oliver. âWhen they come through the door in their oversized suit and dress, and they try to sound tough and point finger-guns at youâ¦ you kind of just have to turn the money over.âOhio bank manager, Lauren Whittle, stated that she did apprehend them at one point, but only to give them the biggest hug in the whole wide world. âI just wanted to love them forever,â she said. âThe rules clearly state that when someone comes in and demands money, our job is to give them the money. The problem is that due to all the gushing over how cute they are, we all forgot to alert the police until it was too late.âBoth children were reported missing in Pennsylvania by their respective parents in September. Detectives assigned to the case had originally believed the parents had been involved. However, it now appears the two children have made their route via hitchhiking. The two have since been seen in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. As to how they got there, officials stated the two were catching rides with friendly truckers.âI donât know who could say no to those faces,â said Geoffery Jefferies. The long-haul trucker stated he picked up the duo in Indiana. I saw them on the side of the road and waving their finger-guns in the air and holding a bag of money.â Jefferies stated he simply felt compelled to pick them up.âLook, you have two adorable kids holding up a wad of cash and trying to make a mean face. You have to give them a ride. They were adorable as hell. They tell the best storiesâ¦ it was the best cross-state trip I ever had.âWhen asked if he felt the kids are in danger, Jefferies scoffed and claimed, âAinât nobody in this world is dumb enough to hurt these kids. Theyâve been known on the two-ways for a month now, and we take care of our own on the highways and byways of this country.âThe two adorable bank robbers are assumed to be somewhere in Nebraska. Their parents are hoping that someone will be kind enough to reunite them to their children soon.