$50’s, $100’s ROBBERY.

male, 40s, TD Bank, West Palm Beach FL, 6pm
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male, 40s, TD Bank, West Palm Beach FL, 6pm
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female, 59, Navy Federal Credit Union, San Diego CA, 1:15p
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** caught outside bank

male, 30s, TD Bank, Jersey City NJ, 12:59p
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My partner is in the parking lot
with a police radio.
If you hit the alarm, he will know
and start shooting.
I am armed as well.
You have 30 seconds
to give me $100,000 in $100 bills.
You can call the cops
five minutes after I leave.
If you call before then
my partner will know
and start shooting.
Give me this note back.
Your time starts now.

male, 29, U.S. Bank (inside Albertson’s), Marysville WA, 5:30p
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** arrested 2 weeks later; ID’d by thumbprint off of note

male, 60s, First Commercial Bank, Oklahoma City OK, 11:50a
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male, 19, Capital One, Dunkirk MD, 11am
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** suspect ID’d by fingerprints; arrested next day

male, 27, Chase Bank, Columbus OH, 11:28a, “The Shiny Head Bandit”
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** suspect wrote out note in bank; captured 6 hours later

male, 20, Chase Bank, Sunrise FL, 2:10p
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** police in the area ID’d suspect’s car before he even went into the bank; arrested 2 days later

male, 30s, Fifth Third Bank, Indianapolis IN, 9:55a
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female, 20s, US Bank, Nashville TN, $1044
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** suspect caught 2 years later