Convenient crime

When you're going to rob a bank, it might be a good idea to pick one across town. Or at least where, say, the employees aren't going to instantly see through your flimsy disguise.

A cross-dressing bandit on skates who robbed a bank across the street from his home was sentenced to prison Friday.

Nino Leo Lanu, 32, was wearing a skirt, wig, makeup and fake breasts as he brandished a replica gun while robbing a National Australia Bank branch in the southern city of Melbourne in February, a prosecutor told the County Court of Victoria state.

Lanu, a regular branch customer, rolled away on inline skates with 24,000 Australian dollars ($18,260) in cash.

I guess if you're going to skate away from your bank robbery it helps if you don't have to go very far. Seriously, though, pick a bank that's a little further away from your house next time. Rent a car if you have to.