God Robs a Bank!
By Tracy Majka, Court TV 
A suspect who apparently had delusions of grandeur claimed to be the Almighty himself when he allegedly tried to take money from a Texas bank, according to authorities. The would-be deity’s earthly saga began on April 17, 2007, around 2 p.m. in Forth Worth, Texas.
Police said the man stopped his pickup truck along a highway exit ramp, got out and attempted to wave motorists around his vehicle. When a police officer approached him, the man allegedly said, “I am God. Don’t you know me?” The officer ordered him to move along, and the man did. He drove to Frost Bank. He entered the bank, told a teller he had a weapon and demanded cash, police said. The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money. Before he left, the suspect instructed the teller not to call police, saying, “No one can see me because I am God.”
But the suspect’s entrance and exit was clearly captured on surveillance video, according to Lieutenant Dean Sullivan of the Forth Worth Police Department. Sullivan said the man never displayed a gun. “He never hurt anybody,” he said. “But he’s a really big guy, so he scared some people.” Later that night, police arrested suspect Frank Anthony Powell, 40, in a Forth Worth neighborhood, after a resident reported a man walking through his neighborhood and acting “strangely.” When police arrived, they recognized Powell from the bank surveillance video, Sullivan said. After a struggle, police Tasered Powell and arrested him. He is currently in a Forth Worth hospital undergoing a mental evaluation and will be charged with robbery of a financial institution, Sullivan said. The money has not yet been recovered. No injuries were reported. And no miracles were performed. All told, he stole more than $5,000 worth of gum, police said.
