An Edinburgh shop supervisor staged a robbery at his work - only to be caught out by the store's own CCTV camera.

John Tait got friend Christopher McGirr to beat him up before he stole more than £3,300 from the safe at Scotmid in Calder Road on 24 July last year.

Tait, 21, who was found bleeding, said he had been attacked and robbed.

However, he and McGirr, 20, later admitted staging the robbery. They will be sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court next month.

The court heard that when police checked CCTV footage they saw Tait opening the shop on his day off and going in with McGirr.

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A routine trip to the bank to make a withdrawal became anything but for a New Jersey man in Springfield.

The man, who regularly banks with Chase, stopped by the branch at 200 S. Dirksen Parkway about 11:15 a.m., picked up a blank withdrawal slip from a kiosk, filled it out and went to the counter, where he handed the slip to the teller.

What he didn’t realize was that someone — possibly a practical joker — had scribbled, “This is a stickup,” on the back of the withdrawal slip he picked up.

The teller, who has been the victim of two bank robberies, decided not to take any chances and activated the holdup alarm, then stalled the man.

Police descended on the bank parking lot and waited for the man to emerge from the building. Inside, he waited patiently for the teller to finish his transaction so he could leave.

“He didn’t do anything or say anything” to make the teller think he was there to rob the bank, Springfield Deputy Police Chief Clay Dowis said.

The man, in his 50s, was nicely dressed, clean-cut and wearing dress pants and a blue button-down shirt. He didn’t try to hide his face in the bank, and he parked his car in the front lot.

Police eventually went in and apprehended him. However, they quickly realized what had happened and began sorting things out. They held the man for about 15 minutes, five minutes of which were spent in handcuffs, and then released him.

“He was very understanding,” Dowis said.

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A man has been charged with robbery after police say he robbed a woman of her keys and cell phone then took off her shoes and licked her toes.

According to the criminal complaint, Carlton Jermaine Davis, 26, approached a woman who was leaving work around 1 a.m. Saturday. He said to her, in a very demanding voice, "put your cell phone and purse inside the bag".

The complaint said that the 24-year-old woman was frightened so she complied. After giving Davis her belongings he demanded she take her shoes off. She complied and Davis responded "Now I'm going to suck your feet".

The victim told police that she was too shocked and scared to do anything. Davis then tried to suck her neck but as he approached her some people walked by and he took off.

Police arrested the man a few minutes later about four blocks away. The woman identified the suspect and police were able to recover her keys and phone.

Davis has been charged with simple robbery and theft from a person, both felonies and his bail is set at $20,000.

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