A robber entered a bank, stole $5,000 from a teller at gunpoint, and as a then escaped in a getaway car. At a shopping center parking lot across town, the robber and an accomplice stole a car in their effort to elude police. Which offenses best fit this scenario?

• A. Burglary Forced Entry
• B. MV Theft
• C. Robbery—Firearm (3a) and one Motor Vehicle Theft—
• D. Arson , murder x6

Answer: (C)

Recognizing multiple offenses from linked criminal acts: a bank robbery with a firearm and a separate motor vehicle theft. The bank robbery fits Robbery with a firearm because force or intimidation using a gun was used to take money from a teller. The later incident, where a car was stolen in a parking lot, counts as one Motor Vehicle Theft—the taking of a motor vehicle without permission. Together, these are two distinct offenses arising from related crimes, so the correct pairing is one robbery with a firearm and one motor vehicle theft.

The other options don’t fit. Burglary involves unlawful entry into a structure with intent to commit a crime inside, which isn’t what happened at the bank. Motor Vehicle Theft alone would miss the robbery incident. Arson and murder aren’t indicated by the scenario.