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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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15 August 11

Money
no die packs

male, 52, Wells Fargo Bank, Phoenixville PA, $11000

** suspect caught 3 days later; ID’d by photo

Comments
18 October 10

I am a non-violent bank robber.
give me all your money and
God will love you.

male, 57, Adirondack Trust Company, Saratoga Springs NY, 9:10a

 

** after receiving $6573 from teller, suspect put the money back
on the counter and left on his bicycle

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13 October 10

This is a bomb.
Put the money in this bag
or I will blow this place up.
You have five seconds.

male, 40s, City National Bank, Beckley WV, $1700

** arrested 24 hours later; the device found was made of electronic blasting caps, a voltage tester, a M80 firecracker, a road flare and was wrapped in electrical tape

Tags: bomb M80 bicycle
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6 July 10

I have a gun and a police scanner
so if you press the button, someone dies.
I want $50,000 in 100’s, 50’s, and 20’s.
No dye. No sequential bills.
No tracking devices.
If I find any of them or
if you try to interfere in any way
I will shoot the first person I see.
Go to the vault
and put the money in this.
Hurry up!

male, 25, Citizens Bank, South Kingston RI, 9:08a, $32400

** suspect fled on bicycle; apprehended an hour later on his bike

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14 November 09

You have 5 seconds
to give me all the money.

male, 40s, Iron Stone Bank, Johns Creek GA, $2942 “The Bicycle Bandit”

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