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# Bank Robbery

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2022
# Courts
Alleged bank raider had “this is a robbery” notes, court told
Evan Mitchell, 24 was charged with the robbery of an AIB and Bank of Ireland on 16 August.
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Aug 26th 2022, 3:26 PM
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# Milagres
Hostages among 12 dead in foiled Brazil bank robberies
Five of the dead hostages were members of the same family and included two children.
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Dec 7th 2018, 7:39 PM
# strokestown
Appeal for witnesses after Roscommon bank robbery
Four men wearing balaclavas and gloves entered the bank, one man was believed to be armed with a handgun.
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Apr 21st 2018, 6:11 PM
# Taylor Swift
A Taylor Swift fan robbed a bank and threw the cash into her garden before his arrest
Taylor wasn’t at home when he showed up.
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Apr 12th 2018, 5:09 PM
# Duisburg
German police make two arrests after hostage taken at bank
Police are still looking for red, older VW Golf, which drove away shortly after the alarm was triggered.
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Mar 16th 2017, 12:20 PM
# Bank Robbery
Hostages rescued after standoff with gunman in Florida
A SWAT team stormed the building after the gunman was distracted by two people making a run for it.
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Dec 1st 2016, 5:53 PM
# baaaaaaaad idea
Here's why you shouldn't post selfies with stolen cash on Facebook
Did you really need to be told? This guy did.
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Sep 29th 2015, 8:59 PM
# Vaulter Bandit
The most wanted bank robber in Canada has been caught in Switzerland
He was taken into custody in Geneva on foot of an international arrest warrant.
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Sep 17th 2015, 8:15 PM
# Armed Robbery
Off duty garda nabs raider in armed bank robbery in Drogheda
One raider was arrested while another escaped.
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May 30th 2014, 6:36 PM
# oceans 9
Thieves break into bank, hack into computers and steal over £1.25 million...but get caught
The gang members carried out a number sophisticated cyber attacks on banks in London
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Apr 24th 2014, 7:06 PM
# Hostage situation
40 years ago, this is how 'Stockholm Syndrome' was born
The man who took hostages in a Swedish bank in August 1973 tells his story – and how those he had taken prisoner “more or less sided with me”.
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Aug 24th 2013, 9:45 AM
# Heist
Couple go to rob a bank... and take the kids along
The youngsters waited in the back seat of the car.
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Mar 14th 2013, 12:05 PM
# Underground
Germany: Robbers dig 30-metre tunnel to raid bank
Police believe that the tunnel may have taken weeks or even months to construct.
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Jan 14th 2013, 9:15 PM
# Bank Raid
Taxi hijacked at gunpoint in College Green bank robbery
Two robbers hailed a taxi after armed raid on city centre Bank of Ireland branch.
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Nov 23rd 2012, 9:51 AM
# hold up
Man tries to rob $1 from bank in prison bid
The man walked into a Pennsylvania bank and asked tellers to hand over just one dollar.
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Oct 10th 2012, 12:11 PM
# Dublin
Man arrested after armed robbery at Blackrock bank
The 51-year-old was a passenger in a taxi when he was arrested.
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Oct 4th 2012, 8:40 PM
# Bank Robbery
Bank heist suspect 'needed money for dentures'
Surveillance images captured during the Pennsylvania heist appeared to show a suspect without any teeth.
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Feb 1st 2012, 3:23 PM
# Robin Hood
Woman suspected of robbing bank gave stolen cash to children
Police in the US city of Boston say they found the suspect in a bank robbery handing out cash to children at a park.
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Dec 30th 2011, 10:15 AM
# Robbery Fail
Man jailed after attempted bank robbery on closed branch
German man sentenced for seven years after attempting to rob a bank that hadn’t actually been a bank for, oh, 17 years…
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Dec 2nd 2011, 3:36 PM
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
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Sep 18th 2011, 11:50 AM
# Cork
Security staff foil attempted robbery at County Cork bank
Two armed raiders try to hold up a Securicor van at the Bank of Ireland in Glanmire, but ultimately flee empty-handed.
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Aug 5th 2011, 5:46 PM
# Robbery
Two arrested after lunchtime Rathfarnham bank robbery
Two men, in their 30s and 40s, are arrested in connection with a robbery at Rathfarnham Shopping Centre yesterday.
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May 4th 2011, 10:16 AM
# Dumb Criminal
Bank robber demands money - and then shows two IDs
Texas police tracked down the man after he obeyed a bank clerk’s request to present two forms of identification before being handed stolen money…
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Mar 16th 2011, 6:40 AM
# Wanted
The 'Geezer Bandit' strikes again...
FBI have put a $20,000 reward notice out for the elderly man suspected of robbing 13 banks in California.
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Jan 31st 2011, 10:57 AM
# Robbery
Garda appeal over Camden Street bank robbery
Two men arrested following robbery of undisclosed sum of cash from Ulster Bank.
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Jan 7th 2011, 9:24 AM