I have a bomb in my briefcase
fill this bag with all the money
in 15 seconds
or I blow this place up

male, 40s, Magnolia State Bank, Laurel MI, 9:30a
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** handed dye pack; suspect turned himself in
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male, 40s, Magnolia State Bank, Laurel MI, 9:30a
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** handed dye pack; suspect turned himself in

female, 20s, US Bank, Nashville TN, $1044
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** suspect caught 2 years later

male, 24, Huntington National Bank, Kalida OH, 2:12p
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** suspect arrested 2 days later in hotel room

male, 49, Citizens Bank, Albany NY, 9:15a
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** suspect ID’d from surveillance photo

male, 30s, Citibank, New Rochelle NY, 10am
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** suspect fled after teller refused

male, 64, SunTrust Bank, Hollywood FL, $1360
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** suspect caught a few blocks from bank

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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