This is a robbery,
don’t make a noise,
don’t pull the alarm
and I have a gun.

male, 20s, Howard Bank, Ellicott City MD, $1850
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** apprehended 1 month later on anonymous tip
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male, 20s, Howard Bank, Ellicott City MD, $1850
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** apprehended 1 month later on anonymous tip

male, 20s, Interior Savings Bank, Kelowna BC, 9:45a
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** suspect got spooked and fled

male, 33, TCF Bank (inside Jewel Grocery), Schaumburg IL, $4949
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** arrested for driving with a suspended license; this is an alternate note found in a notebook inside suspect’s van.

male, 29, US Bank in Albertson’s Grocery, Silverdale WA, $2150
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** arrested 3 days later

female, 47, Wells Fargo Bank, Roseburg OR, “The Wrangler Bandit”
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** Suspect escaped in a Jeep Wrangler

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

male, 20s, PNC Bank, Prospect Park PA, 9:30a
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** handed on back of deposit slip

male, 23, TCF Bank, St. Paul MN, $1314
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male, 41, United Bank, Springfield MA, 12:30p
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** apprehended 10mos later in separate robbery

female, TD Bank, West New York, NJ $850
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