RTOne New Hampshire resident may have watched a little too much ‘Point Break’ recently, as he donned a President Barack Obama mask just days before Halloween – and proceeded to rob a local Dunkin’ Donuts.
Surveillance video from a Dunkin’ Donuts in Salem, New Hampshire, shows a man wearing a black jacket and black gloves waving a gun as he enters the store, local NBC affiliate WHDH reported. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening. The man reportedly demanded the money in the store’s register before leaving.
Once he left the store, he entered the passenger side of a small Toyota vehicle, police said, according to CBS Boston.
Although the Salem Police Department did not offer a reason as to why the armed robber chose an Obama mask, Chief Shawn Patten said it makes it tougher to figure out his identity – though they do suspect a white male to be behind the incident. At the same time, the mask could help the investigation if its purchase can be traced.
“It only makes it harder to identify a suspect, we usually see a ski mask, it’s not often we see a Halloween type-mask,” Patten told WHDH. “He may have stopped a couple stores, that’s what we’re looking into, maybe he didn’t have a mask in one of those stores.”
Police are currently checking with Halloween stores in the area to see if any footage or clues could lead to the Obama impostor’s identity.
Are they sure it was a mask?
He probably said, “Hey, gimme my hope and change?”.