Suspected Pa. bank robber stops to bum cigarette
Posted: October 7, 2013 - 12:05pm

AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a bank robbery suspect was nervous when a construction worker saw the suspect throw his shirt in a trash container -- but not so harried that he didn't stop to bum a cigarette first. Acting Ambridge police Chief Sgt. James Mann tells the Beaver County Times (http://bit.ly/GIDJSi ) that 36-year-old Paul Carman gave a Huntingdon Bank teller a note saying, "This is a robbery. No dye packs. No alarms," about 1:30 p.m. Friday. The construction worker told the newspaper police gave him and others near the bank a description of the robber moments before Carman stopped to discard his shirt and ball cap-- which matched the police description -- then asked for a cigarette. Police caught up with Carman, who was also wanted for violating his parole in a 2008 bank robbery, later that day.