D.C. CRIME
Homeless Man Accused in Bank Heist
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
A 37-year-old homeless man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he robbed a downtown bank.
The robbery occurred about 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the TD Bank at 901 Seventh St. NW, authorities said.
That's when Joshua A. Winckler passed a hand-written note to a teller saying "this is a robbery" and "please put all the cash in your drawer in an envelope," an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit.
The teller gave Winckler $878 in an envelope, the agent wrote, and Winckler walked out of the bank.
As he walked south on Seventh Street, within sight of the bank, he was arrested by D.C. police officers who had been dispatched to the robbery scene, the agent wrote.
The agent wrote that Winckler told authorities that he had robbed the bank "because he was homeless and tired of living on the streets."
At a brief hearing Monday in the District's federal court, a federal magistrate judge ordered that Winckler be held and undergo a mental health examination.
Another hearing has been scheduled for Thursday.
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