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US man orders a beer then pops out to rob bank: report

Police in Florida have accused the 52-year-old of robbing a bank in between ordering and drinking a beer at a nearby bar.

AUTHORITIES SAY a man from the Tampa Bay area of Florida ordered a beer at a bar, left to rob a nearby bank then came back to finish his beer.

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says 52-year-old John Robin Whittle was arrested at the Hayloft Bar in Port Richey yesterday afternoon.

Deputies claim the man who robbed a Wells-Fargo bank branch earlier, but not before stopping off at the Hayloft for a brew.

A bartender there says Whittle ordered a beer, disappeared for about 30 minutes and then returned to his beer. Deputies say they arrested him at the bar about 10 minutes after he left the bank.

Whittle remained in jail early Friday on $10,000 bond. No attorney was listed for him.

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