Pennsylvania man arrested for bank robbery using note on child’s school worksheet

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:01]YORK AND MONT ALTO IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN ROBBED A BANK BY USING A NOTE SCRIBBLED ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WORKSHEET.

[00:00:11]POLICE SAY KEITH GRAVES, JUNIOR, WALKED INTO THE CENTURY HERITAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION IN VERSAILLES.

[00:00:17]ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AND POINTED A GUN AT THE TELLERS.

[00:00:20]GRAVES GOT AWAY WITH ABOUT $3,000, BUT POLICE WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN USING THE NOTE THAT HE HAD SLIPPED TELLERS BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAPPENED TO BE A CHILD’S SCHOOLWORK.

[00:00:33]THE NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A CHILD’S VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES, WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE NOTE BACK TO A LOCAL AREA SCHOOL WHO PRESENTED THAT CURRICULUM TO THE CHILDREN.

[00:00:45]GRAVES WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT.