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47of74

(18,470 posts) Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:28 PM Feb 2020

They met on a dating app. He robbed a bank on their first date and made her drive the getaway car

In case you were wondering, this was not in Florida.

And you thought your worst first date story was bad.

A Massachusetts woman became an unexpected getaway driver after a man she met on a dating app robbed a bank on their first date.

Christopher Castillo, the unnamed woman's would-be Robin Hood, plead guilty this week to armed robbery and three counts of assault and battery on a police officer — all committed on their first date on December 5, 2016 — according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

Castillo was sentenced to three years in state prison for the robbery, plus two years in the Bristol County House of Corrections for violently struggling against and spitting on police who tried to subdue him, according to the district attorney's office.

The story goes on to say that she picked him up from his parents house and he spent the next half hour drinking wine in the front seat of her Nissan Maxima.

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They met on a dating app. He robbed a bank on their first date and made her drive the getaway car (Original Post) 47of74 Feb 2020 OP

The woman turned out to be a lousy get away driver Kaleva Feb 2020 #1

Ha! 2naSalit Feb 2020 #4

Lol SweetieD Feb 2020 #2

So... for the second date.... dhill926 Feb 2020 #3

I think we all want to have a memorable first date and leave an unforgettable impression . . . Journeyman Feb 2020 #5

Shouldn't have put "I was born to have adventure" in her profile. (nt) klook Feb 2020 #6

Or say "Looking for a man that will surprise me.". Kaleva Feb 2020 #8

"Do you like pina coladas? klook Feb 2020 #9

Were their last names Barrow and Parker? BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #7

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)

1. The woman turned out to be a lousy get away driver

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:43 PM

Feb 2020

"The teller handed him the money, then he ran back out to his date's Maxima and ordered her to step on it.
His accidental accomplice obeyed at first, but once she spotted flashing sirens from North Attleboro Police cruisers on their tail, she immediately pulled over and walked away from the car."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/13/us/man-robbed-bank-first-date-trnd/index.html

They should have dated a few times to see if they were compatible.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)

4. Ha!

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:58 PM

Feb 2020

I lived in that town for a summer back in the early 80s.

That is pretty weird. The wine drinking would have been an instant eviction from my vehicle!