Saturday, September 25, 2010

Bank Teller Bomb

"Bank robbers strap bomb to teller in Fla." by Associated Press  |  September 25, 2010

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Bank robbers pulled off a dramatic heist yesterday, strapping a bomb to a teller and ordering him to steal as much money as he could grab from the vault — all while his father was being held hostage.

It began when the three masked, gun-toting thieves burst into the teller’s apartment shortly after midnight.

The men held the teller and his father hostage in the suburban Kendall apartment for seven hours, waiting for morning when the teller usually helped open his Bank of America branch near the University of Miami campus, according to the FBI and local police....  


There was no immediate sign of the suspects. Police were still searching late yesterday afternoon....

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