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U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 14, 2007 @ 8:37pm neoform

Associated Press -- O.J. Simpson says he only went into a casino hotel room to retrieve memorabilia that he felt was stolen from him. But police are investigating it as an armed robbery and named the fallen football star as a suspect Friday in yet another surprising chapter.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 2:04pm neoform

FOX News -- A young woman dubbed the "Barbie Bandit" after she and a friend were caught on surveillance tape apparently robbing a Georgia bank laughed about it in an interview aired Friday, but admitted "some of the stuff we did was pretty ignorant." Heather Johns.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Apr 7, 2007 @ 4:18am neoform

MSNBC -- When a third suspect was caught Friday in a bank robbery investigation that led to the fatal shooting of an FBI agent, he had a request for officers: "Just shoot me." Francisco Herrera-Genao, 22, was tired and cold, half-naked, and caked with mud and t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- A second arrest has been made in connection with the takeover robbery of an Oakland restaurant, one in a series of such holdups that have plagued the East Bay, police said Thursday. Laron Williams, 18, was arrested about 6 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

SF Gate -- A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged as an adult in connection with the takeover robbery of an Oakland restaurant, one of eight such holdups at East Bay establishments over the past month, authorities said Tuesday. Tanom Dominique, who lives.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. Defense attorneys had argued during a preliminary hearing that the case was based on.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Two guards were killed and a third wounded Thursday in the robbery of an armored vehicle outside a Wachovia Bank branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police said. Police were looking for one suspect, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson sai.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 4:52pm neoform

CNN -- Authorities disabled and blew up a device used Tuesday in a bizarre bank robbery in Hollywood, Florida. The device had been strapped to a man who told police two armed men had abducted him earlier in the day from his house in nearby Dania Beach. He said t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Former football star O.J. Simpson will make a court appearance Wednesday, a day after prosecutors lengthened the list of charges against him for an alleged robbery of sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel last week. The 11 criminal counts include two co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 16, 2007 @ 3:42am neoform

CNN -- O.J. Simpson says he and one of the alleged victims of a robbery that's put new scrutiny on the former NFL star have spoken by telephone and agree the incident was blown out of proportion. Simpson told CNN on Saturday that Alfred Beardsley had called.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

FOX News -- Two young men held up a bank Monday just after it opened and shot two employees before fleeing, police said. The suspects, believed to be in their late teens or early 20s, appeared to have been wearing masks. They produced a handgun inside a Chase bank.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 12, 2007 @ 12:58pm neoform

FOX News -- Nearly four years after a bank robbery ended with a pizza deliveryman being killed by a bomb locked around his neck, authorities said for the first time they believe he helped plan the heist. Brian Wells, 46, told police before the bomb killed him in A.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 6, 2007 @ 8:02pm neoform

CNN -- When a third suspect was caught Friday in the bank robbery that led to the fatal shooting of an FBI agent, he had a request for officers: "Just shoot me." Francisco Herrera-Genao, 22, was tired and cold, half-naked, and caked with mud and twigs after a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 6, 2007 @ 12:48pm neoform

SF Gate -- State police captured a third bank robbery suspect Friday connected to the deadly shooting of an FBI agent who had been tracking the men. The agent's team had fired on the armed suspects outside a bank branch in Readington on Thursday, but the FBI said.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 6:57am neoform

Yahoo News -- A fast-food worker had her son punch her in the face in an attempt to stage a robbery outside a KFC restaurant, police said. Tina Marie Brown, 41, and Brandon Lee Deere, 24, both of Fayetteville were arrested Thursday for theft and filing a false police r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 1, 2007 @ 11:15am neoform

FOX News -- Three people were shot during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall Saturday, police said. One person was critically wounded. Authorities were still piecing together what happened, but said that the shootings happened around 5:15 p.m. in a store at G.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 12:16am neoform

Yahoo News -- After four suspects in a jewelry store robbery were arrested, police surmised one of the men may have swallowed a missing two-carat diamond ring worth $30,000. The theory proved correct, police said, when the ring was found Wednesday in the toilet inside.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 20, 2007 @ 4:27pm mrmdc

Philadelphia Local News -- IT'S NOT a weapon that a thief normally would use in a robbery - at least not without a lid on it to keep it from spilling. Cops said yesterday that they were looking for two men who have attacked clerks in at least 16 convenience stores in Pennsylvani.. Read More