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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1957546" data-attributes="member: 3371"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/media.dtsph.com_sites_default_files_imagecache_story615_screen_shot_2012_10_18_at_11.26.30_am.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                 A man is in hot water for allegedly dressing up in a ridiculous  costume in an attempt to impersonate another man and steal his debit  card.According to court documents, Joshua K. Pinney, 30, walked  into the Bank of America branch located at 27077 Pacific Hwy. S. in Des  Moines on June 26 dressed in the outfit pictured above. The banks  branch manager immediately determined the costume was fake and called  police.Prosecutors say Pinney presented the identification of an  Oregon man to the bank manager and asked for a new debit card. The  actual man on the ID was a client at the bank whose car had recently  been stolen and his identification was missing.  The victim had flagged  his account to prevent anyone from using it. Pinney told the  branch manager that he was on a business trip in Washington and needed a  new debit card, according to the police report. He also asked the  branch manager if he could sit down and requested a glass of water,  claiming he was in pain from a recent accident.When confronted by police, Pinney stuck with his story and said he was at the bank to replace his debit card, documents said.The  police officer looked at the Oregon ID that Pinney had given the bank  manager and asked the man if he was seriously trying to pass as the man  in the picture. Court documents report Pinney hung his head and said I  know.The officer arrested Pinney and found his own ID card as well as the identity theft victims Social Security card in his wallet.Pinney  admitted to police that his bandages were not real and that he had not  been in an accident. He said the entire scheme was his girlfriends idea  and that she had been waiting outside for him when he entered the bank,  according to the documents. Pinney claimed he met his girlfriend while  on work release from prison last year and told police she was a  computer whiz and could open bank accounts online.Pinney also  said he obtained the fake ID and Social Security card from his brothers  friend, who had stolen them from a car in Tacoma, according to police.Pinney  has been charged with second-degree identity theft.  He was scheduled  to make a court appearance Thursday but failed to appear.</blockquote>

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