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The getaway driver forgot something

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The 16-year-old robber had been sitting in the tall grass, eyeing the bank he planned to rob. The 18-year-old getaway driver — a former Hopkins basketball star — didn't know where his partner was and went inside to check.

No luck.

Instead, he went to fill up his tank. When his credit card was rejected, he drove off without paying and high-tailed it back to Minnetonka, leaving his partner with a gun, some money and no way home.

That's the short version of what prosecutors allege took place Saturday in Danbury, Wis.

Police said Anthony Joseph DiLoreto, 18, of Minnetonka, was the getaway driver. He was charged with robbery of a financial institution as a party to a crime and possession of a short-barreled shotgun, according to a complaint filed in Burnett County Circuit Court.

DiLoreto, a 7-foot former center for Hopkins High School, along with a 16-year-old "acquaintance" robbed a Bremer Bank on Saturday morning, said Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland.

Details of the robbery emerged from Roland and the criminal complaint:

DiLoreto said they planned the robbery Friday night. The 16-year-old said it was his idea, and DiLoreto, whom he had met playing basketball, agreed to it. DiLoreto would wait in the car while his friend followed the employees into the bank, rob them, get them into the vault and duct-tape them.

Before they left for Wisconsin, they retrieved DiLoreto's shotgun hidden in some trees at a Minnetonka park. They stuck it behind the back seat of DiLoreto's car. Once they reached Danbury, the pair killed time by driving around town and looking at the bank. After they parked at a house, the 16-year-old left the car and told DiLoreto to wait there. He said he'd be back.

The 16-year-old headed to the bank, which was still closed. He sat in some tall grass west of the building and watched.

DiLoreto said the 16-year-old was "gone for a long time," so about 9 a.m., he went to the bank to find him. He asked about opening a student account. But he didn't see his friend, so he left and went to get gas.

Deputies later received reports of a gas drive-off at the Log Cabin Store.

The car, a blue Honda, is registered to DiLoreto's mother. She told investigators she let him use the car to drive his friend to Wisconsin. DiLoreto told his mother he tried to pay for the gas with a credit card that must not have worked.

"He got scared and drove back to Minnetonka, leaving (the 16-year-old) in Danbury," the complaint said.

By now, bank employees were showing up for work. Just before 10 a.m., the 16-year-old went into the bank with the sawed-off shotgun. He "cocked the gun back and forth" to get everyone's attention, though he later said it was unloaded and he didn't have bullets. Two employees and three customers were in the bank.

He told the teller — "a nice older lady" — to put the money on the counter. He had a backpack and the shotgun. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses and gloves, Roland said.

"He was apologetic," Roland said. "He was a very polite young man."

He told investigators he got scared because "there were a lot of people in the bank." He said he didn't want to duct-tape anyone but would have if he had gotten into the vault. He said he thought he could have gotten away with more than he did — about $1,000.

The 16-year-old stuffed the money into the backpack and fled.

When he got outside, there was no sign of DiLoreto or the car.

The 16-year-old started walking. He stopped at a gas station to call someone for a ride home. He was arrested walking west on Wisconsin 77 west of Danbury.

He had the same amount of money taken in the robbery and matched images in the bank surveillance video, Roland said.

He later led investigators to the gun, which he had thrown under a tree. The backpack lay nearby. He said he and DiLoreto planned to figure out how to split the loot once they got home.

Minnetonka police arrested DiLoreto at his home in Minnetonka on Saturday. He was taken to the Hennepin County Jail and was awaiting an extradition hearing.

Burnett County District Attorney William Norine said DiLoreto's attorney told him he was going to waive extradition to Wisconsin.

DiLoreto was the starting center at Hopkins High School. He was headed this fall to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on a scholarship.

The 16-year-old was in juvenile custody in Eau Claire.

The maximum potential penalty on the robbery count is 40 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. The maximum potential penalty on the shotgun count is six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Submitted on 08/22/2008

Submitted by: Tara
Reference: St. Paul Pioneer Press 8/21/08

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Talk about ruining his life! Seriously, this is a dumbcrooks.com, not a Darwin. Please send it over there. Thanks, Tara, and submit again!


Tracy said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Sorry - it's just a dumb-crim story, not a DA


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