Charleston, South Carolina, wanted help tracking down the man who robbed a local bank, so officials released a surveillance photo of the robber to newspapers, TV stations, and other media outlets - Brickbats - Brief Article

Reason, Dec, 2003 by Charles Oliver

Charleston, South Carolina, wanted help tracking down the man who robbed a local bank, so officials released a surveillance photo of the robber to newspapers, TV stations, and other media outlets. After receiving an unhappy call from the family of the man in the picture, police realized he wasn't the robber, only a customer who had been in the bank during the robbery.