Have You Seen This Person?

LABankrobbers.org is "devoted to the identification and apprehension of bank robbers (a.k.a. bank bandits) in the Southern California territory... the region we cover is typically referred to as the 'Bank Robbery Capital of the World.'"

They currently have a list of 72 serial bandits with surveillance cam images... and cool bandit names! My favorites are "Bad Teeth Bandit," "Scrawny Bandit," and "Starlet Bandit" (pictured above).

Makes me wonder if I were to turn to a life of crime, what name would they give me?

This Job Pays $40,000 - $50,000

This article in the New York times -- about a blogger who wrote that a recent murder in Pensacola, FL was not a robbery gone sour but was, in fact, a contract killing -- got me thinking. The hitmen in the case were allegedly paid between "$20,000 and $50,000." I was thinking, is this the market price for this sort of thing?

Simplyhired.com says (chillingly) yes: the average salary for a hire-to-kill job is $44,000. It also notes that "average hire to kill salaries can vary greatly due to company, industry, experience, and benefits."