In the span of 37 minutes, police officers hunted and arrested a white bald male accused of carjacking a woman and robbing two banks. But as they put the handcuffs on, they were met with the surprise of a career.
The man they’d been tailing, the white old man, was in fact Solomon Zemichael Teklie. A 40-year-old black man from Ethiopia.
Using a pellet gun to steal the car and $1,100 in total from the banks in Edmonton, Canada, Soloman’s crime spree was very short lived. But incredibly memorable.
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Edmonton Police Department
According to the prosecutor: “I don’t know where this mask was made, I don’t know where it came from, but it’s uncanny how much it looks like a real person. It was so realistic that each witness on this file thought that Mr. Teklie was white. He is not white.”
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Edmonton Police Department
(via Metro)
Pleading guilty to three counts of robbery, Soloman hasn’t commented on the mask, simply saying: “I’m truly sorry for my actions. That’s all I can say.” Which is a shame, because we’re pretty sure every Halloween loving person would love to find this mysterious mask maker.
