New York armored truck heist arrest; $330,000 still missing
New York armored truck heist arrest; $330,000 still missing
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A manager of an armored truck company helped the police solve a $330,000 robbery when he noticed that surveillance images of the robber resembled one of the company’s employees, the police said Wednesday.
The employee was arrested at his home late Tuesday on robbery charges. The cash was not recovered.
The suspect was employed at Dunbar Armored, and the robbery occurred when a Dunbar truck was making a delivery to the M&T Bank branch at 397 First Avenue, near 23rd Street, on Tuesday morning. The Dunbar guard, a woman, was accosted and overpowered in the bank vestibule.
The suspect, who had been a driver for Dunbar Armored for about nine months, asked on Monday to have the next day off, according to a criminal complaint.
On Tuesday, the guard and a driver had parked the truck on East 23rd Street near the bank about an hour after the bank had opened at 8:30 a.m. When the guard, whose role was known as a “hopper,” jumped down from the truck and entered the bank’s vestibule carrying the cash in a nylon bag, she passed The suspect, who was wearing a hood and standing near the automated teller machines, the police said.
The police said The suspectattacked the guard from behind, holding her with his left arm while grabbing her gun with his right hand. He snatched the bag of cash and fled, while the guard ran into the bank, the police said.
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02/10/2008 at 10:52 am Permalink
This reminds me of an episode of ‘The FBI Files’ about a robbery in Los Angeles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar_Armored_robbery
The Dunbar Armored robbery is the largest cash robbery to have occurred in the United States. It occurred in 1997 at the Dunbar Armored facility in Los Angeles, California. The thieves made off with some US$18.9 million.
The robbery was masterminded by Allen Pace, who worked for Dunbar as a regional safety inspector. While on the job, Pace had time to photograph and examine the company’s Los Angeles armored car depot. He recruited five of his childhood friends, and on the night of Friday, September 12, 1997, Pace used his keys to gain admittance to the facility. Pace had timed the security cameras and determined how they could be avoided. Once inside, they waited within the staff cafeteria, ambushing the guards one by one. Pace knew that on Friday nights the vault was open due to the large quantities of money being moved. Rushing the vault guards, the robbers managed to subdue them before they could signal any alarms. In half an hour, the robbers had loaded millions of dollars into a waiting U-Haul. Pace knew exactly which bags contained the highest denomination and non-sequential bills. He also knew where the recording devices for the security cameras were located and took these.
The police immediately realized it was an inside job and closely examined Pace, but could find nothing. The gang worked hard to conceal their new wealth, laundering it through property deals and phony businesses. Eventually, one of the gang members, Eugene Lamar Hill, erred when he gave an unknowing associate a stack of bills still wrapped with the original cash straps. The associate went to the police, leading to the arrest of Hill, who soon confessed and named his associates. Allen Pace was arrested and sentenced to twenty-four years in prison. Only a fraction of the money was ever recovered; Some $10 million is still unaccounted for.
02/10/2008 at 12:18 pm Permalink
Weak ass planning. No style
THIS is how you rob an armored truck:
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_100108WAB_monroe_robber_floating_escape_TP.ce3930c1.html
This guy setup unwitting decoys outside the bank using craigslist to distract the cops as he escaped on an innertube down a creek.
Gangsta.
03/10/2008 at 3:38 pm Permalink
DevX,
Thanks for the link. I just posted it:
http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/10/heistman-uses-craigslist-to-help-with-armored-truck-robbery.html
– MPM