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  • When a bank robber's hostage broke free Friday morning and six officers fired their weapons, police deemed the result a success: The hostage at the Takoma Park shopping center escaped with only minor injuries and the suspect, who had emerged from the bank holding a gun to her head, was shot dead.

    After hostage standoff's favorable end, police strategy questioned Christian Davenport 2011

  • But the conductor suddenly looked over the robber's shoulder, at the same time saying aloud to an imaginary person standing at the robber's back: "Don't shoot him."

    The Other Animals 2010

  • Mules transfer funds between drops until the cash makes it into the robber's hands.

    Cybercrooks stalk small businesses that bank online 2009

  • When a bank robber's hostage broke free Friday morning and six officers fired their weapons, police deemed the result a success: The hostage at the Takoma Park shopping center escaped with only minor injuries and the suspect, who had emerged from the bank holding a gun to her head, was shot dead.

    After hostage standoff's favorable end, police strategy questioned Christian Davenport 2011

  • Also, focusing on one of the blond robber's attributes—say, his haircut—led to worse recall of the dark-haired man's corresponding attribute.

    Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea Christopher Shea 2012

  • Show me, Mr. Burroughs, where the mental process in the robber's brain was a shade different from the mental process in Rollo's brain, and I'll quit nature-faking and join the Trappists.

    The Other Animals 2010

  • An officer assigned to a polling station at 2 Washington Square Village looked outside and spotted a man who fit the robber's description walking briskly down the street.

    Polling Officer Nabs Suspect In Bank Heist Sean Gardiner 2010

  • Doubts surround serial bank robber's Vietnam Purple

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • When a bank robber's hostage broke free Friday morning and six officers fired their weapons, police deemed the result a success: The hostage at the Takoma Park shopping center escaped with only minor injuries and the suspect, who had emerged from the bank holding a gun to her head, was shot dead.

    After hostage standoff's favorable end, police strategy questioned Christian Davenport 2011

  • The employee was beaten with several bottles, and the robber's weapon discharged.

    Fairfax County crime report 2010

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