This is a fucking robbery,
give me all the money.
I have a gun.

male, 30s, SunTrust Bank, Sugarloaf FL, $1645
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** suspect used plastic bag to put money in and to open doors (to prevent fingerprints)
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male, 30s, SunTrust Bank, Sugarloaf FL, $1645
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** suspect used plastic bag to put money in and to open doors (to prevent fingerprints)

male, 35, Wells Fargo, Minneapolis MN, $1350
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** arrested 2 days later in suspect’s apartment - two blocks away from bank - during an unrelated domestic disturbance call

male, 57, TCF Bank, Elmhurst IL, $2929, “The TCF Bandit”
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** ID’d by his car; responsible for 13 Chicago-area robberies

female, 24, TD Bank (inside Shaw’s), Leominster MA, 2:30p
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female, 30s, Southern Security Federal Credit Union, Memphis TN, 9:45a
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** Teller walked away

male, 40s, Regions Bank, Fort Smith AR, 1:02p
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** got spooked when teller asked him to remove his hat