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Heist of Armored Car Firm Yields $1M in Small Bills

Robbers got in through roof, captured employees

(Newser) - It sounds like a movie plot: Three men broke into an armored car company through the roof, shimmied down with a rope, then tied up and blindfolded three employees before escaping with more than $1 million in cash, police say. They used plastic tubs to load the loot into a...

Teens Rob Kids' Lemonade Stand

They got away with $13.50

(Newser) - It started out like any other kids’ lemonade stand—children pouring drinks to learn the value of a buck—but then the experience got a little too real: A car full of teenagers pulled up threatening to beat the kids unless they handed over money. The group of Ohio children...

Thieves' Fave New Target: Human Hair

In recent rash of salon robberies, cash registers ignored

(Newser) - Across the country, beauty salons are hiring security guards and installing bulletproof glass, all to protect something even more valuable than the cash they have on hand: human hair. A rash of robberies—including one in which a beauty supply store owner was killed—has hit salons over the past...

Girls Raising Money for Tot Robbed at Lemonade Stand

Two suspects grabbed about $150, police say

(Newser) - It's sad enough that three little girls running a lemonade stand in Georgia were robbed of $150—even sadder when you add in the fact that they were selling the lemonade to raise money for a hospitalized 2-year-old. Authorities say a man and woman approached the stand Saturday and grabbed...

'Polite Robber' Gregory Hess Jailed for 5 yers
 ‘Polite Robber' Gets 5 Years 
Apr 2, 2011 6:32 AM CDT

‘Polite Robber' Gets 5 Years

Gregory Hess pleads guilty to well-mannered gas station holdup

(Newser) - A Seattle man who politely robbed a gas station with a pellet gun earlier this year didn't get a reduced sentence. Gregory Paul Hess—who could be heard asking the station owner "Could you do me a favor? Could you empty that till for me, please?" on surveillance video—...

Man Holds Up Jack in the Box, Comes Back for Lunch

Would-be robber foiled by appetite

(Newser) - Here's some criminal idiocy for you: A man was arrested in San Diego yesterday after returning to a Jack in the Box he'd allegedly tried to rob the day before. The man, 30-year-old Shawn Dustin Page, allegedly pulled a gun in the restaurant on Wednesday, but fled when the cashier...

Wal-Mart Fires 4 Employees Who Disarmed Gunman

They're brave, but that violates store policy

(Newser) - Wal-Mart is a stickler for store policy: It fired four employees in Utah after they disarmed a convicted felon who pulled a gun on them. After the employees saw the man try to shoplift a netbook, they escorted him to a store office, reports AoL News . There, he pulled out...

Man Apologizes While Robbing Gas Station

And says 'sir' and 'thank you' to boot

(Newser) - On Saturday, John Henry was working at the Washington Shell station he owns when a “very polite guy” walked in to buy a cup of coffee—and rob the store. “Can you do me a favor?” the man asked as he pulled a gun out of his pocket....

Man Breaks Into House, Gets Too Drunk to Climb Out

He calls police to help

(Newser) - Time to add another notch in the long list of astonishingly dumb criminals —a Delaware man climbed in a rear window of a house to rob it, and got so drunk inside he was unable to climb back out, say police. His inspired solution? Call 911. The burglar stayed...

Bank Robbers Hide AK-47s in Baby Carriage, Steal $800K

They also killed three people in the Russian heist

(Newser) - Russian police are on the watch for a unique band of robbers: a group that hid AK-47 assault rifles inside a baby carriage. Bandits pulled the rifles from their deceptive carrying case and robbed an armored car as it pulled into a bank. They opened fire, killing two guards and...

Whew: Santa Didn't Rob RI Yacht Club

But cops are holding the bartender who made the report

(Newser) - Santa won't be spending Christmas Eve in the pokey after a report that a robber dressed as Kris Kringle hit a Rhode Island bar has been proven false, the AP reports. But if the fat man didn't rob the East Providence Yacht Club, someone else did—between $1,500 and...

Two Bad Santas Rob Supermarket
Two Bad Santas
Rob Supermarket
Dec 23, 2010 1:56 PM CST

Two Bad Santas Rob Supermarket

They spoke not a word—except to demand cash from the register

(Newser) - This is not how the Christmas story's supposed to go: Two men in Santa costumes robbed a supermarket in Berlin, reports Reuters . The men showed up with red coats and beards, and, when asked to remove their costumes, produced pistols and demanded all the cash from the register. They got...

17 Cruise Passengers Robbed at Gunpoint

Masked gunmen halt bus in St. Kitts

(Newser) - A Miami-based cruise line has canceled shore excursions in St. Kitts indefinitely after a busload of passengers was robbed at gunpoint on the Caribbean island. Masked gunmen dragged a tree across a road to force the bus to stop, ABC News reports. None of the 17 passengers was injured, but...

Salon Robber Foiled By Gun-Wielding Customer...

... an off-duty cop getting her hair done

(Newser) - A Brooklyn hair salon took on a bit of the OK Corral yesterday when a would-be robber walked in and demanded everyone's money—and was met by a pistol-packing off-duty cop getting her hair done. The pair traded fire at close range in what the New York Post terms a...

Bank Robbers at Large After Strapping Bomb to Kidnapped Teller

Florida crisis ends with release of abducted employee

(Newser) - A bank teller was kidnapped early today from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI. The suspected explosive device was safely removed after the...

Bank Robber Takes Hostages
 Bank Robber Takes Hostages 
Sep 24, 2010 9:34 AM CDT

Bank Robber Takes Hostages

Police have Florida bank surrounded

(Newser) - Police are surrounding a Miami-area bank where they say a robber has taken hostages. Coral Gables police say an unknown number of employees and customers were taken hostage today at a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami. Hostage negotiators are at the bank along with the FBI...

Drunk Pregnant Woman Tries to Rob Taco Joint

...but encounters a little trouble after the 'stick 'em up' part

(Newser) - What's worse: Being drunk and pregnant, being drunk and pregnant and needing drug money, or being unable to get your weapon out of your pocket mid-robbery? A La Crosse, Wisc., woman—inebriated, with child, and in need of drug money—was arrested Tuesday night after trying to rob Taco John's....

Cops Seek Foiled Robber in Lakers Uniform

LA man tries to rob security guard wearing team's uniform

(Newser) - A would-be mugger who attempted to rob a security guard shouldn't be that hard to find, police tell the LA Times : He was wearing a Lakers uniform. The man asked for directions, then pulled an assault pistol and ordered the guard to the ground. He demanded and got the guard's...

Van der Sloot Jailed on Murder Charges

Peru judge orders him to prison until trial

(Newser) - A Peruvian judge today ordered Joran Van der Sloot jailed on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima woman, determining that he acted with "ferocity and great cruelty." The judge issued the order before dawn, instructing penal authorities to place the 22-year-old...

Drugstore Cowboy Author Busted in Pharmacy Robbery

At 73 'this is probably all he knows'

(Newser) - Drugstore Cowboy author James Fogle is back in jail after taking yet another page out his own book. The author, whose book about his life of robbing pharmacies to feed his drug addiction became a 1989 movie starring Matt Dillon, was arrested this week for robbing a Seattle-area pharmacy. "...

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