44Brent
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I have been a customer at this bank and make it a point to never OC there because I always felt the staff were "Chicken Littles". I'm cancelling my account in the next week or two.
http://www.theolympian.com/2013/09/26/2744119/tenino-man-mistaken-for-bank-robber.html
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http://www.theolympian.com/2013/09/26/2744119/tenino-man-mistaken-for-bank-robber.html
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By JEREMY PAWLOSKI — Staff writer
Employees at the Timberland Bank on Trosper Road in Tumwater treated Thomas Budsberg like a bank robber during a recent visit to the branch - even tripping an alarm that resulted in police drawing guns and handcuffing the 59-year-old man.
"I thought they were going to shoot me," Budsberg said of his ordeal the afternoon of Sept. 16. "I have trouble sleeping at night too."
Budsberg and a companion were released by police after realizing he had not robbed the bank, and was not a bank robbery suspect. The case of mistaken identity left Budsberg shaken. He said he is afraid to return to Tumwater after the incident.
Timberland Bank CEO Michael Sand said he believes employees did nothing wrong during the encounter. Sand said employees at the bank were on alert for Budsberg, because had come into the bank in August, took some brochures, and left.