What a dimwit!
A light bulb-scarfing wannabe circus freak has been busted for a four-borough bank robbery spree.
R.J. Williams, 22, who holds the world record for wolfing down a light bulb in a stomach-destroying 33 seconds, was busted yesterday after a failed bank robbery attempt in Brooklyn, cops said.
Williams, who lives on the Upper West Side, allegedly scored nearly $14,000 after knocking off seven branches in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
He was nabbed when he fled an Apple Bank yesterday in Midwood. Williams had begun to write a note to a teller on a deposit slip at one of the counters when employees started staring at him, police said, because he previously tried to rob the bank on Friday.
He left and bank staffers hit the silent alarm and dialed 911, then two employees followed Williams to the corner of 13th Street where Williams ducked into a doorway and started changing his clothes, police said.
Williams was wearing a blue jacket with a cream strip going down the arms and cream colored baseball hat.
“He takes off jacket and hat, puts it in bag, and takes out a plaid shirt and puts that on,” said Lt. Mark Crawford.
Cops responded to the bank and got the new clothing description from the brave employees who had trailed him, sources said.
The two cops stopped Williams and started to question him about the heist.
“He walks right I front of the car and appears to be texting on the phone,” Crawford said. “He mannerisms seemed odd.”
Eventually police brought the bank teller out to positively identify him.
The teller easily recognized Williams by his Elvis-esque sideburns.
“That’s him, 100 percent,” the teller told cops.
Inside Williams pocket was a pre-written demand note, police said.
He allegedly confessed to 11 capers. His spree began April 23, when he scored a paltry $268 from the HSBC bank in Sheepshead Bay, sources said.