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Halloween is over, but scary mask used in bank robbery anyway
Washington Examiner 11-2-09
It was the fourth time in recent weeks that bank robbers in the Washington region hid behind Halloween-style masks to hide their identities. ...
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Breaking News 11-05-09, great photos, note victims trying to hide on floor, No security mentioned!
Robbers in "Scream Masks" Hit SoCal Bank
TEMECULA -- Deputies are searching for two men who wore "Scream" masks when they robbed a bank in Temecula and a woman who drove the getaway car.
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Monday 11-2-09
Des Moines police took a man into custody today who twice last week allegedly robbed US Bank offices in the city.

Ray Edward Lee was arrested shortly after noon today, when detectives stopped a car, in which Lee was riding, around Southwest 7th and Tuttle streets. After a short foot chase to the 500 block of west Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, they caught up with him.

Lee is now in custody.

Before last week's bank robberies, officers had dealings with Lee in 1998, when he crouched in a car on the Fleur Drive bridge, smoking crack cocaine and holding money taken in a robbery at West Bank, 501 Locust St.

At that time, officers surrounded the car and captured Lee after a 5-hour standoff. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for robbing two banks: the West Bank office and the Mercantile Bank at 604 Locust St.

He was identified Oct. 27 as the man who allegedly robbed the US Bank office in the skywalk, 555 Walnut St., and the next day as the man who robbed the US Bank office at 115 Euclid Ave.

Lee has been working in the Des Moines area and has been living in an apartment just outside Des Moines on the northwest side. People who know him said last week that he hadn't been back to the apartment and he quit showing up for work.

Lee allegedly passed notes at both US Bank locations. He did not display a weapon


Bank Teller Survival Tips 10-28-09.... Posted 10-28-09
Stop and think a minute; while you're reading these robbery up-dates there is a stolen car parked by your bank entrance, backed in, no license plates, engine running, with 3 armed gangsters with masks on their laps, smoking crack checking out the bank security measures and waiting for the armored truck to leave, just take a peek out the window, call the Police or cross your fingers.


by KTVB
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Updated today at 11:23 AM
BOISE - Boise Police are searching for a man who robbed the Idaho Advantage Credit Union on the 10500 block of W. Emerald Street, near Five Mile Road, about 9:45 a.m. Monday.

Witnesses told police that a man walked into the bank and gave an employee a note demanding cash. The note said the man had a gun although the employee says they did not see one. The man left the credit union with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was last seen leaving the area on foot headed north through the parking lot.

The suspect is a light skinned male, in his late 40s to early 50s, about 5’10” to 6’ tall and heavy set. During the robbery the man wore a camouflage jacket, white gloves, black sweats, and appeared to have a gauze bandage or possibly a surgical mask on his face. Police say he had a large belly that was visibly hanging over his pants.

Boise Police are investigating and working with other law enforcement agencies to see if the suspect may be responsible for similar crimes in the area.

Anyone with information about this crime or the suspect is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS.

Bank Robbery 101....On - Line, for beginners
Bank-robbers' demand notes - Boing Boing
By Cory Doctorow
Bank Notes is a site that reproduces the text of demand notes used in "successful and unsuccessful unarmed bank robberies," along with a photo of the robber who penned it: I have a gun in my bag. Give me $5000 please. ...
Boing Boing - http://www.boingboing.net/


Suspect tells investigators what happened during bank robbery
WEAU-TV 13
We now know more about the bank robbery that ended in a deadly chase and gunfight last week. Court documents show officers found nearly $12000 on ...
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Nobody noticed this guy walking in Bank?
Man Last Seen Going Out Back Door
POSTED: 11:35 am EST November 5, 2009
UPDATED: 11:51 am EST November 5, 2009
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MARIEMONT -- Police are looking for a gunman after a bank robbery in Mariemont on Thursday morning.Dispatchers said the man walked into the US Bank at 6490 Madisonville Road just after 11 a.m. wearing a white mask while carrying a gun and a white pillowcase.The man, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and green pants, walked out the back door with an undisclosed amount of cash.Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040.

11-5-09... No one noticed or cared?

The Tallahassee Police Department just responded to an armed robbery at Florida Bank, 1817 Thomasville Road.

Two male suspects entered the bank, displayed a silver handgun, obtained an undisclosed amount of cash and fled from the scene.
No injuries were reported.
The suspects are described as a black male, 5'9", 170 pounds, wearing an orange shirt with a tie and a black male, 6'0", 250 pounds wearing a black mask. The second man reportedly had a silver handgun.
Check back with Tallahassee.com for more on this story.

With photos: Masked gunmen rob Ann Arbor bank this morning
Posted: Today, 35 minutes ago
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Two masked men armed with handguns robbed a Bank of America branch on Ann Arbor's south side this morning, Ann Arbor police said.
Police are now offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the robbers. Authorities also released surveillance photos of the men.
The men entered the bank at 3201 E. Eisenhower Blvd. at 9:34 a.m. while tellers and one customer were inside, police said.
After robbing the bank of a large sum of money - the exact amount was not disclosed - the men ran across Eisenhower Parkway, police said. A tracking dog searched the area.


Robbers in Spiderman masks target Southlake bank
Two people wearing Spidermen masks robbed a Bank of America at 2025 W. Southlake Blvd. on Friday morning, according to Southlake police.
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