This is a stickup. I need $1,000. Thanks.

female, 38, PNC Bank, Vero Beach FL, 10:16am

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female, 38, PNC Bank, Vero Beach FL, 10:16am


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** serial bandit suspected of 10 previous robberies

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male, 24, TCF Bank, Edina MN, $40
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** suspect took $40 and went to see movie nearby; arrested at theater

female, 42, PNC Bank, Westwood OH, 4:55p
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** suspect arrested 2 weeks later; getaway car ID’d

male, 28, Chase Bank, Fort Wayne IN, 3:19p
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** suspect left without money; arrested 2 weeks later
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male, 25, Sovereign Bank, Radnor PA, 1:34p
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** caught 3 days later

male, 42, TD Bank, Boynton Beach FL, $2164
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** arrested on separate charge in MA

female, 47, Capital One Bank, Harvey LA, 3:42pm
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