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A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. Albert Perkins, 40, admitted Thursday that he stole more than $3,100 from First Federal Bank in Kansas City on May 7. Prosecutors said that after he ordered a teller to give him all the $100 bills, he placed his wallet on the counter and handed her a plastic bag.
A Michigan judge says a man who claims he was chased, shot and beaten by workers at a store he'd just robbed can sue the men. But only if he comes up with $10,000 within two weeks.
Investigators are searching for a man who has robbed the same South Florida bank four times in the past year. The suspect has targeted a Tamarac BankAtlantic so many times that during the last heist one of the tellers said, "He's here again." The alleged robber is heavyset and has with dreadlocks. He wears different clothes each time, but during Saturday's heist the suspect wore all-black clothes, gloves and a black hat.
A 60-year-old Rapid City man has been sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a bank in the city. Police said Lonnie Pannell walked into the downtown Dakotah Bank on Feb. 5 without a weapon and demanded money. He got away with about $2,800.
A man robbed a Michigan bank and got away — but didn't stay away. WOOD-TV reported that a 40-year-old Comstock Park resident later called 911 and confessed. According to the Kent County sheriff's department, the man simply said: "I'm the one that robbed the bank, and I wanted to turn myself in."
Police said a gunman spent nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with the clerk at an Indianapolis check cashing business before fleeing with her cell phone and $20 from the register. Security video from the Advance America branch clearly showed the man's face during Monday's stickup, and a 23-year-old man surrendered Tuesday on a preliminary charge of robbery.
Police said a man accused of stealing a woman's wallet was tracked down by his alleged victim after he made his getaway on a bus and later tried to fill out a job application. Springfield Capt. Lee Bennett said Thursday that Demot Weaver robbed the woman as she was pulling out money for the fare at a bus stop.
Police said a would-be robber was in jail after losing his wallet during the attempted robbery then phoning the victim and asking for it to be returned. Little Rock police said the 23-year-old man was arrested on robbery charges Tuesday.
A man in his 70s has robbed a bank branch inside a San Diego supermarket.
A 34-year-old woman suspected of robbing six southern New England banks in six days has been ordered held on $1 million bond.
Authorities say a well-dressed elderly man carrying an oxygen tank has robbed a bank in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.
A New Jersey man who robbed banks every Thursday has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison.
A retired police sergeant has pleaded guilty to robbing two banks in holdups that earned him the nickname "The Grandpa Bandit."
Police said a man who robbed a credit union earlier this week apologized to employees as he made his getaway. Lt. Paul Gallagher told The Eagle-Tribune that the man who robbed the Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union of an undisclosed amount of cash Monday said "sorry" as he ran from the building.
A mouse found inside an automatic teller machine — along with a nest it had built with chewed-up $20 bills — gave an Oregon gas station employee the surprise of her life. The mouse, discovered Thursday, had thoroughly torn up two bills and damaged another 14 to line his nest. Employee Millie Taylor said she screamed and slammed the machine's door shut.
Ronnie Biggs, the last prisoner from Britain's "great train robbery" and once a high-living fugitive in Rio de Janeiro, gained his freedom on Friday but remained near death in his hospital bed.
Teller Jim Nicholson was fired after he violated bank policy by chasing down a would-be robber. But while he acknowledged that “we are supposed to comply with what the robber says,” he said he’d do it all over again: “It’s something that’s in my nature.”
A Detroit man who said he started robbing banks to pay for his mother's plumbing was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison, a lenient term from a judge who said the defendant had been an "outstanding citizen" before his crime spree.
A man who robbed a San Francisco Bay area bank apparently felt guilty enough to confess his sins and hand over $1,200, but not enough to turn himself in.
A man insisted on being arrested after he walked into a western North Carolina bank while on the phone with a 911 operator to report that he planned to commit a robbery. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the man insisted on being arrested after an officer walked in behind him Wednesday at the Wachovia bank branch in Waynesville.
Cyndi Orel worked as a police officer for 25 years and never caught a bank robber. She was apparently saving that hobby for retirement. The retired Long Beach police officer foiled a bank robbery at a grocery store Saturday when she put a 220-pound bank robber in a chokehold until he passed out. Orel is about 5 feet 7 inches and 128 pounds
A man wearing a suit and driving a BMW tried to rob a Boston-area bank at gunpoint but was foiled when an employee texted another branch for help, police said Tuesday. Dedham Police Lt. Bob Nedder said Delroy George Henry, 34, of Boston, walked into a Citizens Bank just as it opened Tuesday and pulled a pellet gun on employees.
If it's Thursday, it's time to rob a bank. That was the schedule followed by a man who admitted robbing six New Jersey banks on consecutive Thursdays between late January and early March. Peter Bielecke pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to a single count of bank robbery, but admitted he robbed five others as well.
A burly would-be robber wearing a neatly buttoned shirt, shorts and tennis shoes, and armed with a large stick spiked with nails, got a surprise when he swung the stick at a Tacoma gas station clerk and demanded money.
Police said they saw through the surgical tape that a city man put over his face before trying to rob his neighborhood bank. They arrested the 49-year-old man on a felony robbery charge Thursday.
Supermarket Workers Chase Robbery Suspect Boston -- Attleboro Police Two supermarket employees chased after a robbery suspect who they say stole cash from their Attleboro store Sunday night.
Police: Robber Breaks In, Watches PornA man broke into a woman's home and watched pornography while he waited for her to come home, police said Wednesday.
Buddhist prisoner believes cat is dead mother - inmate demands feline visitation rightsWith her green eyes and soft fur, Gisela the cat is much more than a pet to jailbird Peter K. - and she has caused a prison farce in Werl, Germany.
Police: Steak stops robberA Lincoln cook gave a would-be robber a taste of carne asada. But the knife-wielding thief may not be back for seconds.
Burglary suspects wear permanent marker - Criminal weirdness- msnbc.comTwo guys attempt a robbery, to keep from being reconized they use permanent black marker to hide their idenities.
LaPorte robber cuts her hair to escapeA LaPorte woman was stabbed Monday morning when she tried stopping her female attacker from stealing money.
Armed Robber finds God During Hold-Up An armed robber in America turned to God mid-robbery in what investigators are calling the strangest case they have ever seen.
Woman describes using air freshener to fight off robber - A 72-year-old woman fights back against an intruder with the only thing she had at hand -- a can of air freshener.
10 minute wait too long for would-be robber Who needs alarms or dye packs? All it took to scare away a would-be bank robber Wednesday in Salt Lake City was the threat of a 10-minute wait.
Man on toilet ordered by robber to strip at gunpointA man sitting on a toilet at Wiggie's Bar was ordered to take his clothes off by a man wielding a sawed-off shotgun, police reported.
Bullet Passes Through Pizza Delivery Driver's Hat, Barely Missing Her HeadA local woman says she's lucky to be alive after a bullet passes through her hat. Falana Spatcher says insticts kept her alive, after
Would-Be Robber Falls Off 25-Foot CliffWEIRTON, W.Va. -- A knife-wielding man fell 25 feet after the person he was going to rob chased him away, police said. The incident happened last week near the Front Street Café on Three Springs Drive in Weirton.
'Dumb' NZ thief leaves his nameA thief in New Zealand has taken the unusual step of leaving his contact details at the site of his crime. The man reserved a copy of Pink Floyd's The Wall at a record shop in Christchurch, leaving his name and phone number, before robbing the till.
Burglar Logged Into His Victim's Facebook Page And Boasted About His CrimeA cruel burglar has logged onto his victim's Facebook page to taunt her about the break-in, boasting: "Listening to music on my new phone - feels so good."
Headdress and sandals disguise for PO robber - The StarHeaddress and sandals disguise for PO robber
Gran turns tables on shocked robber A Croatian gran almost brained a supermarket robber after she threatened him with her walking stick and he tried to frighten her off with an electric shock device.
Robber hits same bank 3 timesThe scenario has been the same each time the bank was robbed on Monday, June 10 and May 5.
Robber who set fire to getaway car arrested on footA bungling robber who set fire to his getaway car before he carried out an armed raid was arrested moments later as he fled on foot.
Naked burglar checks out wedding dresses Looking for warm clothes, a naked intruder tried to rob a bridal store near Würzburg early Wednesday morning. Finding nothing that fit, he fled but was arrested by police not long thereafter.
FCI employee thwarts would-be robber outside his Waterbury homeRobert Dwyer, a counselor at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, has trained with 9 mm handguns every year in his other role as a weapons instructor for the Department of Justice.
Mugger picks wrong man to rob A would-be robber made a terrible choice when he targeted a man who just happened to be weapons and self-defence expert.
Shop robber pelted with carrotsA 66-year-old newsagent who saw off a knife-wielding robber by pelting him with carrots has been awarded £200 by a judge and praised for her bravery.
Judge frees robber better than ´greedy bankers´A security guard who fled to Austria after stealing more than 100,000 Euros from a damaged safe in Germany was freed by a judge who ruled he was more honest than the bankers who had brought the global economy to its knees.
liquor thiefA 20-year-old shoplifter with a bottle of whiskey in his pants delayed his escape from a liquor store this week just long enough to write his name and address on a raffle ticket before running out the door, ~~~ You can't make this stuff up
Robber learns the hard way that fries aren't good for youA McDonald's restaurant employee got medieval on a robber Wednesday night, chucking a litre of boiling oil on his face as he tried to grab some coin from the cash register.
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