A Toms River man has pled guilty to a bank robbery he carried out in 2019, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced Wednesday. At the time of his sentencing on September 8, Patrick Callahan, 47, will be facing the State which is seeking a term of seven years in New Jersey State Prison.
On December 31, 2019, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Officers of the Toms River Township Police Department responded to the Chase Bank on Route 37 West for a report of a bank robbery. Responding Officers discovered that a male suspect had entered the bank, presented a note to the bank teller indicating that he had a gun, and left on foot with approximately $1,000 in United States currency.
An investigation by the Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau resulted in Callahan being identified as the individual responsible for robbing the Chase Bank on December 31, 2019. Callahan was apprehended without incident on January 2, 2021 by Officers of the Mount Laurel Police Department in Burlington County.
Mr. Callahan made a great decision. All that he needed to do was to scribble a note, and present it to the teller. That’s an investment well below one cent.
Now, let’s see his returns and dividends: for the next seven years, he will be housed for free, fed for free, and get absolutely free medical care, despite the sharply rising costs for all of the above.
He will also have access to free television, law library, gym, and pastoral care, without paying any membership costs for those.
The one thing that he might miss is the ability to take a walk to anywhere that he could desire, without a guard.
Like to a bank, for example. He isn’t worried, however. There is enough in the account to fully pay for the next seven years of his existence.
It’s too bad that others are the ones who must fund it.