The FBI says law student Stephen C. Jackson tried to launder loot from a bank robbery at a Lakewood car wash.
Jackson, 35, charged Tuesday with conspiracy and bank robbery in the armed holdup of a Westlake bank, was arrested Aug. 18 near the Ultimate Car Wash on Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
He was feeding ink-stained $10s, $5s and $1s into a bill changer, police said.
Police said they suspect that the cash came from Charter One bank on Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland, which was robbed at 9:30 that morning by three masked, gun-wagging people, and that it turned red when a dye pack exploded.
According to a police report, when Patrolman Daniel Hilfiker pulled into the car wash, Jackson dashed across the parking lot, jingling and dropping quarters from his pockets as he ran.
"He was leaving a trail of quarters," Lakewood police Lt. Tony Ciresi said.
Hilfiker grabbed Jackson by the hood of his jacket. It peeled off and thudded to the ground. In the left pocket, police found $226.50 in quarters and, in the right, $231 in quarters.
Besides 23 pounds of quarters weighing him down, Jackson was toting $1,040 in ink-stained bills in a plastic bag. Police said they found $1,145 more in tainted bills in a tan bag in the glove box of a Cadillac Catera that was registered to Jackson and parked at the car wash.
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