This is a stick-up,
give me the money,
I have a gun, move fast.

female, 30s, Southern Security Federal Credit Union, Memphis TN, 9:45a
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** Teller walked away
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female, 30s, Southern Security Federal Credit Union, Memphis TN, 9:45a
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** Teller walked away

male, 40, Palos Bank and Trust, Homer Glen IL, 4:56p, $7000
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** chased by security guard and caught 3 blocks away

female, 35, PNC Bank, Clifton NJ, $760
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** Note translated from Spanish. Arrested two weeks later during an attempt to rob a different PNC Bank branch located in Clifton

female, 35, Capital One Bank, Passiac NJ, $2700
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** Note translated from Spanish.

male, 52, First Cornerstone Bank, Media PA, $7000
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** passed note on ripped index card

male, 38, Fidelity Bank, Enyon PA, 10:45a
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** fingerprints on bank note traced

male, 50s, RBC Bank, Bonita Springs FL, 3p
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** wore a blond wig under cap

male, 32, Minnequa Credit Union, Pueblo CO, 5p, $2300
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** Placed bag of change on the counter to ‘convert to cash’ - then passed note.
Arrested 2 days later; police traced license plate on getaway car.

male, 40s, Liberty Bank, Olde Mystick Village CT, 2:55p
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