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Robbing a bank is as simple as putting pen to paper. Here are actual demand notes used in successful and unsuccessful unarmed bank robberies - - accompanied by a photo of each robber and appended with details about the robbery itself.

= a successful robbery

= an unsuccessful robbery


Compiled by Ken Habarta

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9 April 10

Do not touch the alarm.
Give me all the money.
100s, 50s’ 20s, 10s.
You have 10 seconds or people will be hurt.

male, 33, TCF Bank (inside Jewel Grocery), Schaumburg IL, $4949

** arrested for driving with a suspended license; this is an alternate note found in a notebook inside suspect’s van.

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8 April 10

Give me all your
100’s, 20’s, 10’s, 5’s and 1’s
or you will be hurt.

male, 33, TCF Bank (inside Jewel Grocery), Hoffman Estates IL, $472

** called in bomb threat to local police before robbery (“There’s a bomb in your school. Don’t try to evacuate the building. We are watching.”); arrested for driving with a suspended license.

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