First Interstate Bank

Johnson calculated that for his lifestyle, Hollywood needed $20,000 a month, meaning he would run out around January 25th, 1996 Johnson picked the right day, but the wrong bank

And I heard alert tones go out, "Bank robbery, First Interstate Bank, Wedgwood," which was about two miles from my location.

And I raced up there, and I heard the description and I said, "Hollywood." I mean, we just missed him.

But how frustrating to have been two miles away on a day that you had picked-

The policy when it came to the money collected from registers at the end of the night was to put it in the on-site safe, which I'm gonna show you in a moment.

However, Cheryl explained that lately, management had been instructing the closing shift managers or assistant managers to put the money into a bank deposit bag, the same one that we saw lying on the floor in pictures and video, and then to walk across the parking lot to the First Interstate Bank deposit drop box and put the money inside.

This is where that bank was located, just a four-minute walk or about a minute drive.

But if they didn't feel comfortable doing that because it was nighttime, they could take the money home and make the deposit the next morning.

I must have been the only one because no one else cares.

But they were dispensed out of the ATM machines at First Interstate Bank.

Oh, wow.

And I have a First Interstate envelope with that stamp on it.

I, you know, I hope you survived.

And, and, you know, I, I went to, uh, at that time it was First Interstate Bank, with a proposal to get a, uh, a, a s- a business loan, uh, that was underwritten by the, uh, Small Business Administration or whatever it was, which is government-backed.

And y- you have to, when you, when you apply for something like this, you come in with a, a pro forma of what you think the store's going to do, a, a five-year guesstimate, okay? And let me tell you something, buddy.

That's all it is, is a guesstimate.

And did he get to keep his bank account?

Well, after getting the letter from his bank, he was told, "First Interstate isn't asking you to close your account, but it would please First Interstate if you did."

Snap.

Since then, Combs has changed banks, but even with the irritation of opening an account with a new institution, I think it's safe to say that he really cashed in.