fill the envelope with big bills
or my knife comes out

male, 28, Key Bank, Park City CO, $3600
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** captured 3 hours later; id’d from surveillance photo
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male, 28, Key Bank, Park City CO, $3600
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** captured 3 hours later; id’d from surveillance photo

male, 44, City National Bank, Beaver NC, $5975
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** suspect turned himself in

male, 46, Wells Fargo Bank, Rutherford NJ, $1099
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** serial bandit; turned himself in after 5th NJ robbery

male, 25-35, TCF Bank, Lakewood CO, 9am, “The Blessings Bandit”
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male, 30s, People’s Bank, Southington CT, 11:20a


male, 30s, US Bank, Dayton OH, 10am
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male, 33, Evansville Diamond Valley Credit Union, $6200
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** suspect’s wife drove the getaway car; suspects caught in subsequent robbery where dye pack exploded while driving. All the banks robbed were located near highways, and after each robbery the couple would drive to another state

male, 20, Penobscot County Federal Credit Union, Bangor ME, $1000
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** suspect arrested the next day at a local Burger King

male, 30s, CitiBank, Rockville Center NY, 2:55p
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** suspect fled after teller walked away

male, 20s, Fifth Third Bank, Dearborn MI, 5:47pm
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** on the other side of the note it said: “This is a robbery! Do not hit the silent alarm or I will shoot everyone look at me.”