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Robber demands ransom after handcuffing Realtor showing him house
2015-06-05 22:12:13| Real Estate - Topix.net
A 59-year old Realtor from St. Petersburg found herself in a frightening situation when a house showing turned into a ransom situation in which she was handcuffed and zip-tied on the ground as the robber tried to extort her husband for money. According to the Tampa Bay Times , the agent was notified by the real estate website Zillow that a man named Robert Evans was interested in a small house that wasn't far from her own.
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BA Employees Thought 'Unsuccessful Robber' Was A Joke
2015-02-04 05:58:15| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Police said 24-year-old Jeremiah Marshall targeted a strip of businesses along North Elm Tuesday morning, but the employees had a hard time taking him seriously. Marshall kept walking to the business next door, Gerber Collision and Glass, where they had a lobby full of customers.
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Robber in La Jolla Smashburger Heist Gets 14 Years
2014-12-25 17:56:00| Biotech - Topix.net
By KELLY WHEELER City News Service SAN DIEGO - One of four people who participated in a series of armed holdups at restaurants and other businesses in Clairemont and La Jolla last year was sentenced today to 14 years and four months in state prison. Ryan Patrick Churchill, 23, pleaded guilty last month to 13 charges, including robbery and attempted robbery.
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World's dumbest bank robber wears burqa to conceal identity, leaves face visible
2014-12-12 20:05:49| Grocery - Topix.net
A bank robber in Woodlawn, Ohio, hit upon an ingenious way to conceal his identity: He wore a burqa, the facial covering traditionally worn by Muslim women. The only problem is that the crook wore the garment in a manner that allowed people inside the bank to get a good look at his face - which was adorned, for added ease of recognition and eventual capture, with a tattoo.
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Advance Auto Parts robber gets stiff sentence
2014-12-05 05:27:52| Auto Parts - Topix.net
TAKOMA PARK, Md. The last of three people responsible for a spree of armed robberies in Montgomery County was sentenced Thursday.
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