Would-Be Thieves Come Up Empty-Handed at Two Chase Banks in Houston

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Except, don't get caught.

Two would-be bank robbers seem to have skipped that part of the lesson early Tuesday morning and instead were apprehended by Houston police officers inside a Chase bank in northwest Houston.

According to the Houston Chronicle, officers responded to an alarm around midnight at a Chase bank in the 9800 block of Westheimer. Signs of a break-in, including a shattered window, were evident, but no one was located on the premises, Lt. Larry Crowson told the paper.

About two hours later, around 2:30 a.m., an alarm sounded at another Chase location, this one in southwest Houston in the 3300 block of Shepherd Drive. This time, the responding officers discover two men inside the bank.

The men, whose identities have not been released, were taken into custody.

— Image courtesy Shutterstock