Prison escapee robbed two banks
Convicted murderer Lory Bill Germa escaped from prison early this month, and went on to (allegedly) perpetrate two very small heists at the same bank branch on Guy before being rounded up again.
Germa is 69 and has been locked up since 1992, and clearly doesn’t realize that bank branches don’t work the same way now as they did before he was imprisoned.
No details in any article explain how cops found him, but clearly he isn’t a criminal mastermind.
Nicholas 23:48 on 2025-07-25 Permalink
The media keep being vague about details (though maybe it was the police). I assume it’s the TD in that old, pretty building (though its address and entrance is on St Catherine), but why not tell us? I guess the fact he got away with it is not great for the bank, but he got caught eventually and no one got hurt.
Kate 08:19 on 2025-07-26 Permalink
I wondered that too, but the TD’s front door is on Ste‑Catherine, not Guy. The only bank with a branch on Guy is the RBC on the east side, up towards Sherbrooke.
Nicholas 14:23 on 2025-07-26 Permalink
Oh, you’re right, originally it showed up as an ATM only, and I didn’t streetview. So if there’s only one bank that fits their description then who are they fooling?
Kate 15:56 on 2025-07-26 Permalink
I think by now it’s a journalistic reflex to make incident locations generic.