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• Trenton man shot in the arm during robbery, police say A 22-year-old city man was shot in the arm during a robbery in the Chambersburg section early today, police said. The man was near the corner of Elmer Street and Chestnut Avenue when he was approached by two men wearing masks. The victim later told police that one of the men had a handgun and the… more
• FBI: 4 men attempt bank robbery in Alsip Four men attempted to rob an Alsip bank this morning but fled empty-handed after they believed police had been notified, FBI officials said. The attempted bank robbery happened at 9:50 a.m. at the Charter One Bank branch, 12004 South Pulaski Road, according to FBI spokeswoman Joan… more
• Hostages rescued in store robbery Police say some of the 14 workers held hostage overnight during a robbery at a Los Angeles department store were assaulted, and one was stabbed. Police Lt. Andy Neiman says the stabbed worker was treated for a non-life threatening wound. He says another worker was sexually assaulted and others… more
• Glendale neighborhood locked down after home invasion robbery Two men were arrested Wednesday morning after they allegedly forced themselves inside a Glendale home, beat one resident and robbed the other residents at gunpoint, officials said. A major section of Concord Street and Patterson Avenue was closed off as K-9 units and the Special Weapons and… more
• Postal Inspectors Release Sketch Of Carrier Robbery Suspect ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – U.S. Postal Inspectors have released a sketch of a suspect in the armed robbery of a letter carrier. The robbery happened in Englewood on Dec. 24 at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the corner of West Dartmouth Avenue and South Delaware Street. The suspect is described as a… more
• Police search for robbery suspects ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque police have released video and pictures of two suspects wanted for a violent robbery two weeks ago. Police say one of the two men walked into the For Your Care Assisted Living Services on Menaul and said he wanted an application. The 70-year-old… more
• Bank Robbery in Town of Tonawanda TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. - Police are asking for your help to identify two men who robbed the Evans Bank branch Saturday morning. Town of Tonawanda Police say the two men entered the bank on Niagara Falls Blvd. just before noon with what appeared to be an automatic handgun and an assault… more
• Employee stabbed during robbery Updated: Saturday, 29 Dec 2012, 8:58 PM EST Published : Saturday, 29 Dec 2012, 8:57 AM EST FAIRBORN, Ohio (WDTN) - An employee was stabbed during a robbery Friday night at a Fairborn restaurant. It happened just after 10 PM at Rousch's Restaurant, on W. Main Street. Police say the robber… more
• Modesto Police Investigate Bank Robbery Police in Modesto say a woman walked into a Wells Fargo branch Thursday afternoon and handed the teller a note demanding money. The robbery happened at the McHenry Avenue branch shortly before 2 p.m. The woman reportedly claimed to have a gun, though one was never seen. Police say the woman… more
• The Ban Crime system of identification of suspects and robbers 2011 statistics show that nearly 1000 violent robberies occur daily in the U.S., with only 27% of offenders being apprehended. Robbers are identified through various means, such as finger-print evidence, CCTV and sound Police investigation methods; however it is recognized that most offenders… more
• Cab driver shot during robbery in Tampa, police say TAMPA - A taxi driver was shot in the chest early this morning during a robbery attempt in the Old West Tampa neighborhood, police said. The driver, who was not identified, was dropping off a passenger in the 1100 block of West Chestnut Street at 2:51 a.m. when a man approached the cab with a… more
• Man sought after robbery report WARRENSBURG — Authorities say they are looking for a man suspected of entering a Warrensburg home Saturday, threatening an occupant with a knife and taking prescription narcotics. At about 12:45 p.m., Warren County sheriff's deputies got a report of a home invasion robbery on Library Avenue. It… more
• Ashland police search for armed robbery suspect ASHLAND, Miss. (WTVA) -- Authorities in Ashland say a suspect remains at large after the armed robbery of a Dollar General Saturday night. Investigator David Murphy said it happened at approximately 9:40 p.m. Murphy said a suspect entered the store on Ripley Avenue and robbed the clerk at… more
• Cal State Fullerton Locked Down After Armed Robbery Pursuit ANAHEIM, Calif. (KTLA) — Three suspected armed robbers are in custody and 2 others are being sought near Cal State Fullerton following a pair of high speed pursuits on Wednesday. The armed robbery occurred at Empire Jewelry and Pawn Shop in the 24000 block of Sunnymead Boulevard Wednesday around… more
• Man Sought In Manchester Bank Robbery MANCHESTER— Police are seeking a man with a pierced lower lip who allegedly approached a teller, suggested that he was armed, and robbed the North Main Street Bank of America of an undisclosed amount of cash on Monday. Police released surveillance images of the suspect who is believed to have… more
• Suspect sought in credit union armed robbery MANSFIELD — -- Police were searching for a suspect in an armed robbery Wednesday at a credit union, the third such robbery in less than three weeks. Mansfield police Chief Dino Sgambellone said historically the holiday season typically does bring about an increase in crime including shoplifting… more
• Police search for Wheaton bank robbery suspects Police said they are searching for two suspects in an armed robbery at a Wheaton bank Tuesday. The two masked men entered the West Suburban Bank at 221 S. West Street around 5:30 p.m., according to a news release from the FBI. Police said both robbers entered employee areas of the bank. One… more
• Armed robbery at Redwood Coast Cellular The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office was notified on Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. of an armed robbery at Redwood Coast Cellular in McKinleyville. When deputies arrived on scene they met with the store manager and a sales representative. The sales representative told the deputies she was working in… more
• Robbery of SunTrust Bank in Gainesville ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Mark F Giuliano, FBI Atlanta, along with Gainesville Police Chief Brian P Kelly, request assistance from the public in identifying and locating the individuals responsible for yesterday’s armed robbery of the SunTrust Bank branch located at 1430 Thompson Bridge… more
• Man robs Pizza Hut, escapes with undisclosed sum ANDERSON, Ind. — Police are seeking leads on an armed robbery at the Pizza Hut at 1911 E. 53rd St. Tuesday night. Store employees said a man arrived about 11 p.m. brandishing a handgun, and demanded cash from the register, said police spokesman Detective Joel Sandefur. An undisclosed amount was… more
• Two employees shot during Va. Beach store robbery Two employees were shot this morning during a robbery at a pizza shop in the 1000 block of Aragona Blvd. Around 2 a.m., a man went into the store and charged around the counter and shot one of the employees after being told the shop was closed, police wrote in a news release. He charged a second… more
• Man Killed in Attempted Robbery at Waterbury Club A 47-year-old man is dead after being shot during an attempted robbery during a card game inside a club at 848 North Main St. in Waterbury. A group of people were playing cards inside the One to a Million Club at 11 p.m. on Monday when two men came into the club and tried to rob the group… more
• Suspect jailed in Lake White Club robbery According to Pike County Sheriff Richard Henderson, his office followed up on some leads Monday night, leading to the questioning and arrest of Douglas A. Sanders, 28, of 1911 Morgans Fork Road. Sanders is charged with breaking and entering and is in the Scioto County Jail. Two televisions that… more
• FBI releases photo of man wanted in 2 bank robberies The FBI has released photos of a man believed to have robbed a U.S. Bank branch today and another bank on Friday. The first robbery happened Nov. 23 at a Bank of America branch located at 4500 W. North Ave., officials said. The robber was described as a black man in his mid 20s, between 5 feet… more
• OSHA cites TMT in Dallas, Texas, following robbery, death of worker DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited TMT Inc. with four serious safety violations following an aggravated robbery that resulted in the death of an employee at the company's Whip In convenience store in Garland. OSHA's Dallas Area Office… more
• Father, son and daughter arrested in bank robberies A father, son and daughter may be responsible for robbing as many as seven banks in two states, according to authorities. Ronald Scott Catt, 50, and his two children, 20-year-old Hayden and 18-year-old Abby were arrested last week on charges they robbed a credit union in Katy, Texas. Deputies… more
• 'Safety drill' at N.J. hospital leads to lawsuit Recently there was a civil lawsuit in New Jersey settled in favor of the plaintiff while the case was in trial. The case was about an unannounced mock robbery training exercise conducted in a hospital pharmacy setting on Christmas Eve 2007 by senior hospital staff members. The hospital claimed the… more
• NA woman reports armed robbery A North Augusta woman notified authorities after an armed robber threatened to shoot her dog and forced her to remove her clothes Thursday morning. According to an incident report, the 27-year-old victim stepped out the door onto the porch of her home on the 1100 block of Weston Street shortly… more
• Armed robbery leads to arrest, second suspect wanted Chippewa Falls (Chippewa Falls Police Department News Release) - On May 6, 2011 at 22:28 hrs the Chippewa Falls Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery at Kentucky Fried Chicken located at 1017 Woodward Ave in the City of Chippewa Falls. Responding officers found that two… more
• Armed home invasion-robbery at Georgetown house Police are looking for the men who broke into a house in an armed home invasion-robbery near Georgetown University early Saturday. Three suspects, including at least one armed with a handgun, entered the house on the 3500 block of S Street NW at about 1 a.m., according to the Georgetown… more
• Arrest of two men ends terrifying string of bank robberies Colorado Springs police say they've arrested the men responsible for a string of violent and terrifying bank robberies. Police say the arrests of 30-year-old Daryl Keener and 28-year-old Gary Cyprian on March 8 and police say culminated three months of investigations and eight bank robberies… more
• Woman robbed at gunpoint at east side gas station A 27-year-old Madison woman allegedly was robbed at gunpoint after she bought gas at a station on the city's east side Thursday night. The armed robbery happened at about 11 p.m. Thursday in the 3800 block of East Washington Avenue, the Madison Police Department reported. According to police… more
• Wells Fargo bank robber eludes police Rutherford - Local, state and county police were out in force looking for a man who allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank at the corner of Park Avenue and Glen Road in Rutherford a little before noon today, March 10. The man was described as a white male, thin, about 40-44 years in age and around… more
• Bank robberies surge in Boulder, Longmont First came the armed robbery of an Academy Bank branch inside Longmont's Walmart Supercenter on Feb. 18 that investigators say was an inside job. That was followed last week by three bank robberies in two days, at two Boulder establishments and a Longmont bank. And then Friday, the branch inside… more
• Burger bandit, where's the pattern? SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Three Jack in the Box's have been hit. So have three Del Taco's. And one Burger King, located near the Sacramento Police headquarters, has been hit twice. Sacramento law enforcement authorities said Monday that a robber dubbed the Burger Bandit has hit at least 10 fast-food… more
• Sacramento fast food robber strikes again SACRAMENTO, CA - A masked gunman robbed five fast food restaurants across Sacramento county Sunday, according to Sacramento police. If all five turn out to be the work of the same person, that would mean a total of 10 fast food stickups since the robberies began Feb. 26. The latest incidents… more
• Masked gunmen stage takeover robbery of Hayward fast food venue HAYWARD -- A fast-food restaurant in the Fairway Park shopping center was held up by a pair of gunmen who forced eight terrified employees to the ground before making off with cash from the manager's office around 10:15 p.m. Thursday, police said. The men entered the Taco Bell-KFC on Mission… more
• Las Vegas Rio robbery latest in string of bold heists AS VEGAS -- The Rio on 3700 West Flamingo was robbed in the early morning hours Thursday morning by an armed man that arrived and fled the scene in a taxi. The robbery did not involve cash but it did involve $32,000 dollars in chips from a table game just outside the Rio's All American Bar &… more
• Tulsa Crime Victim Struggling To Move Forward After Armed Robbery TULSA, Oklahoma -- Tulsa has an average of 100 armed robberies a month. One victim, who is struggling to move forward, is surprised how little help is available. Melanie is a tough cookie. She nursed her parents through cancer, her grandfather through Alzheimers and is herself a breast cancer… more
• Violent armed robbery sends worker to hospital "Where is the money? Where is the money?" demanded armed robbers who allegedly duct taped and beat a store worker in Cleveland. According to Sgt. Sammy Morris with the Cleveland Division of Police, the victim said three men entered Glenville Market on E. 105th Street around 3:10 p.m… more
• Holdup, trail to 2 key suspects Bonnie and Clyde, they were not. Three days after a jewelry store on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx was robbed, a man and a woman believed to be at the center of the brazen holdup were identified and in custody, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said Wednesday. “It was good investigative work,”… more
• East Tennessee armed pharmacy robbery ring charged KNOXVILLE, TN—A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 13-count indictment charging Daniel D. Gibson, 23, Donald G. Hopson Jr., 56, and Mortan Dean Moore, 43, all of Knoxville, Tenn., and Dewyatt A. Hill, 54, of Bristol, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and the armed… more
• Portsmouth Police seeing an increase in small retail business robberies During the month of January 2011, the Police Department has seen a significant increase in small retail business robberies throughout the City. Suspects are focusing on businesses that stand-alone and have minimal employees’ working. Although some occurred during the day, most of the robberies are… more
• Retail theft a growing Issue he cost of retail crime has skyrocketed. That’s because studies on and the reporting of retail crime have been extremely segmented. Retail loss prevention and law enforcement experts believe that if taken together, the figure would be more than $60 billion. For example, a $33.5 billion figure… more
• Increase in bank robberies, WF bank in town & country robbed! Houston police said four armed men held up the Wells Fargo Bank inside the Randall's store on Memorial Drive in Town and Country Village at about 8:50 a.m.A trail of cash, including $20 bills and stacks of $50 bills, was left behind in the grocery store’s parking lot, investigators said.The group… more
• Violent Georgetown armed robbery Georgetown Police say armed robberies are on the rise in Georgetown, and the latest robbery turned violent. Things at this Georgetown gas station are back to normal today. Last night police say a situation quickly turned violent for an attendant at the Swifty on Paris Pike. “A man walked up… more
• Gunman robs Bellagio of $1.5 million in chips In the wee hours Tuesday, a man on a motorcycle pulled up to the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, ambled over to a craps table, and just a few minutes later left with $1.5 million worth of chips. Luck had nothing to do with his windfall. But it was certainly a gamble, and Las Vegas police… more
• Motorcycle bandit robs Bellagio casino For the second time in less than a week, an armed motorcyclist made off with thousands of dollars in casino chips, this time from one of the glitziest resorts on the Las Vegas strip. The latest robbery occurred at the Bellagio Casino early this morning when a gunman walked up to a craps table… more
• Jewelry store robberies grow more widespread An hour before the Pico Rivera Indoor Swap Meet was to close last Thursday night, several young men ran to a jewelry store near the entrance. Dressed in hooded sweatshirts and armed with only hammers, the men smashed jewelry cases and quickly fled with an estimated $15,000 in jewelry, most of it… more
• Car used in brutal Bayonne gas station robbery The car used in the brutal robbery of a Bayonne gas station attendant who was shot in the chest during the attack may have been stolen from a Staten Island woman, the Staten Island Advance is reporting on its website. Elsie Kathy Erie, 45, of Westervelt Avenue last saw her car -- a 1999… more
• US robbery statistics Robbery is the act of taking or attempting to take something of value that someone else owns by way of force, threat, and/or placing fear in the victim. Robbery is different from shoplifting or stealing something when the owner is not around, Robbery is the act of taking or attempting to take… more
• Suspect wanted in gas station robbery RICHMOND, TX (KTRK) -- Authorities are investigating an aggravated robbery at a gas station in Fort Bend County. Around 8:55pm Saturday, deputies with the Ft. Bend Co. Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the Shell Gas Station at 3535 FM 762 in Richmond regarding an aggravated… more
• Armed robbery cases skyrocket in Augusta During the past decade, armed robbery has become the most prevalent violent crime committed in Augusta-Richmond County, in Georgia and across the country. The Augusta Chronicle found the number of reported armed robberies skyrocketed 142 percent in the past five years. The rate increase over the… more
• Employee confirmed shot In violent armed robbery at Virginia Apple store Police have confirmed that a 26-year-old female Apple employee was shot in the shoulder and injured at the Apple Store Clarendon in Arlington, Virginia, during a “violent armed robbery” at about 10.15AM. The suspect rang a doorbell at the back service entrance and shot a female employee as soon… more