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US man robs bank with 'bomb-like' sex toy

A US man has admitted robbing a bank with phone wires, duct tape and a sex toy that looked like a bomb.

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A US man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank with a fake bomb made out of phone wires, duct tape and a sex toy.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Aaron Stein pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges including robbery, aggravated assault and making bomb threats in the June crime.

A lawyer for the 36-year-old Pittsburgh man said he discovered that $US9000 ($A12,220) he'd invested to cover his approaching honeymoon was gone. The lawyer said desperation drove him to don an Iron Man mask and take a fake bomb to threaten tellers and rob a bank in Crafton bank, just west of Pittsburgh.

Stein's bond was revoked until his May 31 sentencing.


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