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Larry Whitfield Found Guilty: Man Blamed For Scaring Grandmother To Death After Running From Bank Robbery

AP | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Murder, Whitfield Prison, Charlotte, Gastonia, Crime, Gastonia Bank Robbery, Wcnc, Bank Robbery, Scare to Death, Scared to Death, North Carolina, Larry Whitfield, Nc, Mary Parnell, Grandma, Home News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-...

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Senior Citizen Takes Out Bank Robber With Flying Tackle (VIDEO)

Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Bank Robbery, Grandpa Tackles Bank Robber, Criminals, Video, Bank Robbery Video, Crime, Home News

Via Buzzfeed comes this heroic video of a senior citizen taking out a bank robber with a flying tackle. As the thief shuffles from window to window c...

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An Antidote for Bank Robbery

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Alan Kincade, SafeCatch Program, Bank Robbery, Bank Tellers Go Proactive, Jim Nicolson, FBI Advise to Bank Tellers, Shaggy Bandit, Christopher Lee Richardson, Living News
Diane Dimond

Instead of standing behind the counter hoping the strange looking customer who just walked in the door isn't there to rob the place, bank tellers may use SafeCatch techniques -- "customer service on steroids."

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Iraqi Bank Raiders To Be Hanged

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Ahmad Khalaf, Iraq Bank Hanging, Iraq Bank, Bank Robbery, Ali Eidan, Iraq Bank Robbery, Adel Abdel Mahdi, Basheer Khalid, Karrada District of Baghdad, Iraq Bank Robbers, Iraq Bank Robbers to Be Hanged, Rafidin Bank, Iraq Bank Raiders, Iraq, Ali Ouda, Bank Theft, World News

BAGHDAD — Four members of Iraq's security forces were convicted Wednesday of robbing a Baghdad bank and killing eight guards and were sentenced ...

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Man Robs Bank So He Can Go To Jail In Order To Escape His Wife (VIDEO)

Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Video, Stupid Criminals, Crime, Bank Robbery, Criminals, Home News

A local Fox affiliate reports that a Pennsylvania man arrested for bank robbery gave the judge a bizarre excuse: he was trying to go to jail to get aw...

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John Millison, Ex-Con, Charged With Robbing Same Bank

AP | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Same Bank, Robs Bank Twice, Ex-Convict, PNC Bank, Bank Robbery, John Millison, Upper Township, John Millison Bank Roberry, New Jersey, Drexel Hill, New York News

UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A Pennsylvania man who served nearly six years in prison for robbing a southern New Jersey bank was charged with robbing ...

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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly To Banks: Get "Bandit Barriers"

New York Daily News | Frank Lombardi | Posted 08.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Bank Robbery, New York Police Commissioner, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, New York, New York Bank Robberies, Raymond Kelly, New York News

Bank robberies continue to decline from last year, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has fired a new salvo at banks that refuse to install "bandit...

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13-Year-Old Boy Accused Of Robbing Illinois Bank

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Boy Bank Robber, Bank Robbery, Boy Charged With Felony Armed Robbery, Boy Bank Robbery, Bank in Peoria, Peoria Bank, Chicago News

A 13-year-old boy who police say was caught red-handed a block away was accused on Tuesday of robbing a bank in Peoria. The unidentified boy was char...

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Dublin Cops Arrest 7 Over Record Irish Bank Heist

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

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DUBLIN — Police recovered millions in stolen cash and interrogated seven suspected robbers Saturday, a day after a gang took a bank employee's f...

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Meltdown Madness: The Human Costs of the Economic Crisis

Nick Turse | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Robbery, Suicide, Job Losses, Financial Crisis, Blogging the Meltdown, Depression, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Business News
Nick Turse

Across the United States, people have been reacting to the dire economic circumstances with extreme acts, including bank robberies, murder, and suicide.

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Home Invasion & Kidnapping: Banks Need To Wake Up

Michelle Renee | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Robbery, Bank of America, Held Hostage, Banks, Robbery Training, Ptsd, Kidnapping, Business News
Michelle Renee

What have they done to update their policies to better protect and inform their staff? I'm a former banking industry executive who survived home invasion, kidnapping, hostage and bank robbery.

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Recession Causes Bank Robbery Spike

Michelle Renee | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank Robbery, Bank of America, Banks, Banking Crisis, Ptsd, Economy, Emotional Wellness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bank Employee Trauma, Bank Employee Orientation, Financial Hardship, Bank Employee Ptsd, Recession, Bank Robbery Ptsd, Ptsd Training, Financial Crisis, Employee Wellness, Business News
Michelle Renee

What is missing from bank robbery training is the post trauma element that will educate employees about the emotional toll these types of incidents most likely will have on them.

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