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Questions and Answers
What was Jessie addicted to?
What was Jessie addicted to?
- Gambling
- Video games
- Alcohol
- Drugs (correct)
What was the original purpose of the ad Jessie placed?
What was the original purpose of the ad Jessie placed?
- To hire people to participate in a market research study
- To hire people to help with a charity event
- To hire people to help with a landscaping project
- To hire people to show up at the bank, wearing a specific outfit (correct)
What did Jessie use to disguise himself during the robbery?
What did Jessie use to disguise himself during the robbery?
- A fake mustache
- A landscaper's outfit (correct)
- A wig and glasses
- A police uniform
How did Jessie escape with the stolen money?
How did Jessie escape with the stolen money?
How much money did Jessie initially think he had stolen?
How much money did Jessie initially think he had stolen?
How was Jessie eventually caught?
How was Jessie eventually caught?
What did Jessie start creating in prison to cope with his depression?
What did Jessie start creating in prison to cope with his depression?
What type of books did Jessie eventually become a successful author of?
What type of books did Jessie eventually become a successful author of?
What does Jessie consider himself to be?
What does Jessie consider himself to be?
Study Notes
- Jessie, a former bank robber, shares his story with Anthony, Celine, and two children.
- Jessie was addicted to drugs and made poor decisions, including robbing a Brinks armored car in 2008.
- He placed an ad to hire people to show up at the bank, wearing a specific outfit, and then pepper-sprayed the armored car driver, taking the money.
- Jessie had a landscaper's outfit on and ripped off the original outfit, leaving it on the ground, to disguise himself.
- He escaped with the money by getting into an inner tube and floating upstream, then getting into a car driven by his buddy.
- Jessie stole $400,000, not $9 million as initially thought.
- He was caught due to a homeless man recognizing him during a trial run of the robbery, and the police retrieving a DNA sample from a discarded bottle.
- Jessie was sentenced to six years in prison, where he felt depressed and realized the harsh reality of prison life.
- While in prison, Jessie started drawing pictures for his children and eventually created books for them, developing his drawing skills.
- After being released, Jessie became a successful author, writing children's books, including a best-seller, and earning more money than he did as a criminal.
- Jessie's books feature his daughters, Isabella and Lila, as detectives, and he has been able to provide a better life for his family.
- He acknowledges that he is not a good role model, but rather an example of what not to do, and hopes that others can learn from his mistakes.
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Description
Meet Jessie, a former bank robber who turned his life around in prison and became a successful author of children's books. Learn about his journey from crime to redemption and how he's providing a better life for his family. Discover how Jessie's mistakes led him to find a new passion and become a role model for change.
