Accused bank robber flushes heist down the toilet

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff said the evidence was exactly where a bank robbery suspect claimed it would be — a toilet.

The suspect cut up stolen money stained red by an exploding dye pack and flushed it down a toilet at his parents’ home, Stark County Sheriff Tim Swanson said.

Acting on a tip, sheriff’s deputies arrested Robert Bonar on Monday night while he was playing cards at a bar. Bonar then told deputies where they could find the money, Swanson said. Deputies with a search warrant removed the toilet from its plumbing and found shredded U.S. currency in the toilet trap, Swanson said.