Florida thief threatens woman with knife, climbs through window into her car, makes off with $1: cops
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jerome Marciniak, 59, was arrested after he allegedly crawled into a car through the driver's side window and made off with a $1 bill. (Hillsborough County Sherrif's Office)
A Florida thief after the almighty dollar found he wound up with exactly that -- $1.
Jerome Marciniak, 59, was arrested last week after cops said he was the man seen on surveillance video crawling through a driver’s car window and running with a bounty of $1.
The man identified by authorities as Marciniak was seen on video walking around a 2010 Honda Insight at a Regions Bank drive-through ATM in Tampa around 8 a.m. on Jan. 23. At one point, he approaches the driver’s side of the vehicle, shows a four-inch knife to the female driver inside the vehicle and demands money.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}When she refuses, cops say Marciniak then climbs into the vehicle through the open driver’s side window – crawling over the diver – and sits in the passenger seat, FOX13 reported.
Hillsborough County deputies said Marciniak removed the car keys from the ignition and continued waving the knife at the female driver.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The woman was somehow able to get her car keys back and, after a short struggle for the knife, Marciniak grabbed a $1 bill from the floorboard and ran out the passenger side.
Deputies said the victim had cuts to her right hand and fingers.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Marciniak was arrested about 10 miles away from the bank and is accused of several charges including aggravated battery and armed burglary. He remains in jail on $85,000 bail.