Give me the money now!
No! dye packs
1 min. Big bills first
nothing to lose.
U better hope I make it out!

male, 31, US Bank, St. Paul MN, $1824
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** two-sided note
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male, 31, US Bank, St. Paul MN, $1824
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** two-sided note

male, 44, Umpqua Bank, Grants Pass OR, $1849

** caught 24 hours later, local resident

male, 31, TD Banknorth, Bangor ME, $1200
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** the final in the series - arrested in motel (in his home town) 3 days later

male, 31, Webster Bank, Wethersfield CT, $3300
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** second in a series of 3 - much more explicit than previous note - this was also robber’s home town (!)

male, 31, Dime Bank, New London CT, $3,131
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** first in a series of 3 - the remaining robberies show substantial note revisions

male, 29, Sun Trust Bank, Waynesboro VA, $727
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** Wearing ‘dreadlock’ disguise. Caught 34 hours later.

male, 40, Commerce Bank, Wichita KS, “The Apologetic Robber”
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** turned himself in after surveillance photo released

male, 20s, RBC Centura Bank, Clayton County GA, 11a


male, 49, Apple Bank, Flushing NY $1085
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male, 30s, Capital One, Brooklyn NY 2:45p
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