Bank robbery suspect caught after he called 911

[March 26, 2009]  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Police say they caught a bumbling bank robber who crashed his getaway car and fled by bus and taxi, only to make it home and find his roommate dead.

Authorities found nearly $4,000 stolen from a Darien bank after the suspect called 911 to report the roommate's apparent suicide.

Fifty-nine-year-old David Maksimik was brought before a federal magistrate in Bridgeport Tuesday.

Police say he held up the bank on Jan. 29 and rear-ended another car fleeing the robbery. They say Maksimik didn't make it home until he got rides on a bus, a taxi and with his sister.

Maksimik found his roommate dead and called 911. Police responding to the suicide say they found the bank money inside a bag on Maksimik's bed.

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Information from: Connecticut Post, http://www.connpost.com/

[Associated Press]

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