November 2009
31 posts
16 tags
“You have 15 seconds
to put at least $9,000
in $100’s & $50’s in...”
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male, 29, Sun Trust Bank, Waynesboro VA, $727
** Wearing ‘dreadlock’ disguise. Caught 34 hours later.
11 tags
“Give me all the money in the drawer
no fakes no dye packs
no problems!
Act...”
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male, Sovereign Bank, Winchester MA, 4:50p, $430
8 tags
“This is a holdup.
Give me 100’s, 50’s, 20’s.
Hurry up.”
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male, 38, Scotiabank, Ontario CAN, $9600, “The Exchange Bandit”
** An investment banker (!) by day - earned his nickname by first asking tellers ‘What the exchange rate was for the dollar?’ and then handing them a demand note. Turned himself in after 6 years of...
3 tags
“This is a robbery!
Don’t include the dye pack
or bait money.”
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male, 49, Key Bank, Eugene OR, $620
** turned himself in a week later
6 tags
“Please place all the money
on the counter.
No (dye) packs or tricks.
I am...”
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male, 40, Commerce Bank, Wichita KS, “The Apologetic Robber”
** turned himself in after surveillance photo released
6 tags
“I have a gun.
I want all the $100, $50 and $20.
Don’t call the police...”
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male, 42, TCF Bank, Minneapolis MN, $3760
** arrested 30 minutes later waiting for bus!
6 tags
“Give me the money
now.”
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male, 47, Wachovia Bank, Augusta GA, 10:30a
** escaped but dye pack exploded, witness captured license plate
5 tags
6 tags
“I have a bomb,
put all your money
on the counter.”
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male, 45, First Citizens Bank, Greensboro SC, “The Bearcat Bandit”
8 tags
“Give me all of the money
and no dye pack
or else.
No one will be harmed
if...”
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male, 36, Chase Bank, Wyandotte MI, 4:25p
** disguise featured sunglasses and hair glued to baseball cap
3 tags
“Give me the money.
Have gun.”
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male, 44, PNC Bank, Jensen Beach FL
** handed dye pack, followed by witness
3 tags
“This is a robbery.”
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male, 30s, Park Avenue Bank, Lake Park GA, 3:45p
9 tags
“Place 2 $5,000 stacks
of $100 bills on the counter.
You have exactly 30...”
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male, 40, Sunflower Bank, Wichita KS, “The Apologetic Robber”
** turned himself in after surveillence photo released
5 tags
“Give me the money.”
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male, 20-30s, PNC Bank, Montclair NJ
6 tags
“Please give me $1,000
or whatever you have in the drawer.”
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male, 30s, Hudson City Savings Bank, Wyckoff NJ
** bandit got spooked when teller shrugged his shoulders
8 tags
“Robbery,
don’t be a hero,
start with a stack of 100’s
and a stack of 20’s,...”
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female, 40s, Las Vegas NV
** spooked and left without money
6 tags
“I have a gun.
Give me the money
and no one gets hurt.”
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male, 50, TCF Bank, St. Paul MN, 9a
** used a tool to remove golf shoe cleats as ‘gun’
9 tags
“You have 5 seconds
to give me all the money.”
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male, 40s, Iron Stone Bank, Johns Creek GA, $2942 “The Bicycle Bandit”
4 tags
“$7,000,
no dye pack,
don’t press the alarm
and no one will get hurt.”
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male, 34, Bank of America, New York NY
4 tags
“Please help this lady,
she is strapped.”
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female, 60s, Bank of America, Chino CA “the Grandma Bandit”
** bandit lifted shirt to show metal object with wires attached
6 tags
“I want 20’s, 50’s and 100’s.
No funny money.
I’m...”
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male, 25, US Bank, Seattle WA
6 tags
“I’ve got a gun
this is a robbery
hand over all the cash”
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male, 53, Chase Bank, Port Orchard WA, 12:45p
8 tags
“This is a robbery.
Give me $5,000.”
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male, 50s, Arvest Bank, Little Rock AK “The Granddad Bandit”
5 tags
“I have a gun. Don’t look up.
Put $2,500 in an envelope.”
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male, 23, TCF Bank, St. Paul MN, $1314
6 tags
“give me the money in the draw”
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male, 41, United Bank, Springfield MA, 12:30p
** apprehended 10mos later in separate robbery
4 tags
“give all the money
and no dye packs.”
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male, 20s, RBC Centura Bank, Clayton County GA, 11a
4 tags
“Put the money in the bag.”
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male, 43, Sterling Bank, Palm Springs FL, 1:20p
4 tags
“Give me all your money.
Give the note back.”
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male, 42, Community Bank, Brockton, MA, 11:47a
4 tags
“Give me cash from the register.”
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male, 30s, Sun Trust, Ft. Washington MD, 10:30a
** unique use of ‘contractor’ disguise
4 tags
“$250,000”
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male, 20s, Fifth Third Bank, Rockford IL
6 tags
“This is a robbery.
Put all your money in here,
no bait, no alarm
and I have a...”
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male, 20s, Prosperity Bank, Austin TX, $1248