Savannah, Ga. – During his days at the Savannah Morning News, Don Lowery and other reporters used to sit around and joke that bank robbery was the “stupidest crime in the world,” a colleague recalled. Lowery, 52, is now charged with that crime, leaving many confused about why he may have ignored his own judgment.
Police say a bank customer tackled Lowery on Monday after he walked into a BankSouth branch with a sawed-off shotgun, 25 rounds of ammunition and two knives.
“I’m broke. … I needed the money. My kids ain’t got no food,” he told arresting officers, according to a police report.
Lowery also was ill and in need of a liver transplant, the editorial page editor of the Savannah Morning News said in a column published Wednesday. Lowery left his job in May.
