TO house allegedly used to grow illegal marijuana Ventura County Sheriff’s officials arrested two brothers from North Hollywood last week after an investigation found they had allegedly been operating a large-scale illegal marijuana growing operation inside a Thousand Oaks house. Narcotics detectives had been investigating the possible grow in the 1100 block of Calle Contento […]
A man is accused of robbing a Florida bank one day after being released from an eight-year prison sentence on bank robbery charges, federal officials said. The man, a 60-year-old from Orlando, was released from Putnam County Correctional Facility on June 1, 2022, after serving eight years, according to a Feb. 14 news release from […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A robber at a Florida bank took hostages after law enforcement arrived and was killed by a sheriff’s sniper as he held a woman in a headlock with a knife to her throat, authorities said. Negotiators tried to defuse the situation Tuesday at a Bank of America branch in Fort […]
A police sniper shot and killed a suspected bank robber who had taken two people hostage in a busy branch in Florida on Tuesday. A SWAT unit sniper opened fire when the suspect, named as Sterling Ramon Alavache, 36, held a knife to a female hostage’s throat in a Bank of America branch in a […]
A man accused of trying to rob a Bank of America was shot and killed by a sniper when he became aggressive toward a hostage, a Florida sheriff said. The man, identified in a Facebook post as 36-year-old Sterling Ramon Alavache, walked into a Bank of America in Fort Myers around 11 a.m., Lee County […]
Police are looking for a man they say robbed a bank in McCandless. The man is believed to have robbed the Dollar Bank in McIntyre Square on Saturday at around noon. The man was wearing blue jeans, a black hoodie, a black hat and a black mask. Anyone with information is asked to contact the […]
Jan. 27—FAIRVIEW TWP. — Police in Fairview Township arrested a man they say robbed the PNC Bank branch on South Mountain Boulevard on Friday. Christopher Quinlan, 40, of Mountain Top, was charged with two counts of robbery and one count each of terroristic threats, simple assault and theft. According to Fairview Township police: Police responded […]
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— An arrest warrant has been issued for a man police say robbed a Luzerne County bank. The Fairview Township Police Department says their officers were called to the report of a robbery at the Mountain Top PNC Bank Friday at 10:43 a.m. Investigators say they spoke with employees of the […]
JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A 19-year-old woman faces multiple felony charges after James City County police said she robbed a Richmond Road bank Wednesday of thousands of dollars. Police said they were able to apprehend the woman within 30 minutes of the robbery. Katherine Esposito Katherine Esposito, 19, of James City County, went […]
In a cemetery in central China, a grave robber started to dig. The thief tunneled into an ancient tomb, stole some artifacts and vanished. The robbery, however, was only partially successful. When archaeologists excavated the looted tomb, they realized the robber had left some rare treasures behind. The Taosi Relic Site and Cemetery is a […]
On a March day in 2023, Edmanuel Victoria walked into a PNC Bank in Hollywood and handed a note to the bank teller that read “Give money gun.” Then, prosecutors say, he lifted his shirt to show the teller the black pistol tucked into his waistband. Victoria, 29, fled with over $2,000 that day, and […]