US Man Robs Bank, Then Throws Loot Money Into Air Shouting ‘Merry Christmas’

A man with white whiskers was being hung on $10,000 bond for purportedly burglarising a Colorado bank and tossing the taken money into the air while yelling, "Cheerful Christmas" to bystanders, police and nearby media provided details regarding Tuesday.

David Wayne Oliver, 65, was captured at a close-by Starbucks bistro after he held up the Academy Bank in Colorado Springs on Monday evening, as indicated by a police report.

Police said the suspect had "compromised the utilisation of a weapon" and left the manage an account with an undisclosed measure of money.

A police representative couldn't quickly be gone after the remark. However, Colorado Springs TV slot KKTV revealed that onlooker Dion Pascale described Oliver ventured outside the bank and hurled the cash "everywhere."

"He began tossing cash out of the pack" before hollering, "Joyful Christmas," the TV station cited Pascale as saying.

Pascale said spectators recovered a portion of the cash and returned it to the bank as Oliver strolled to the Starbucks, plunked down and gave off an impression of being trusting that police will capture him, KKTV detailed.

The Denver Post cited police as saying "a large number of dollars" remained unaccounted for, including there was no sign Oliver utilised a weapon in the heist.

Oliver, envisioned in police mug shots with dark and-white hair and full white whiskers, is being held at the El Paso County prison and is set to show up on Thursday, prison records appeared. It was uncertain from the files if he has a lawyer.