Robbers Break Into Empty Bank

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

A gang of Romanian robbers broke into a bank’s headquarters in a daring overnight raid - only to find it empty.

The three criminals expected to hit the jackpot with their raid on the Nova Bank in Constanta city centre.

But they did not know that the bank was relocating to new premises and the building was empty.

Police said the gang broke into the building, which had been closed for renovation work, by forcing the main doors.

A police spokesman said: “The robbers thought they would make the hit of their lives but instead broke into an empty building.

“They couldn’t find anything to steal, not even some heating pipes they tried to remove from the walls.”

The robbers were seen by neighbours when they left the building empty-handed but police couldn’t catch them.

Officers said they have taken evidence from the scene and had already drawn up a list of suspects.

Ridiculous. That’s all that can be said about this.

This article was found on Ananova.com

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Students suspended for making a list of people to kill

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Overland Park, Kansas – A list of names got some Johnson County Middle School students suspended, but according to police, there wasn’t any crime.

Six Overland Park students who go to Indian Woods Middle School were suspended for ten days accused of making a list of people they’d kill if murder were legal.

According to police, the students involved never made any actual threats. Police said the kids just makes a list.

“Kids do stupid things, so if you make a list of something, that was dumb,” said Alex Karanevich, high school student. “Letting administrators find it was dumber.”

FOX 4 talked to some high school students, who graduated from Indian Woods, and said they’re surprised to hear about the list, but not the punishment.

“I could go for a suspension for making a list of who you’d like to kill,” said Jordan Boucher, Indian Woods graduate.

The five girls and one boy accused of making the list were suspended for at least ten days.

“I think that’s a little overdrawn, ten days,” said Josh Hartman of Leawood, Kan.

Hartman, 19, said there’s got to be more to the story.

“It could just be a couple of girls or guy upset at friends, or someone not being chosen to hang out,” said Hartman.

Police said school administrators found the list on October 13.

“I understand the threat and the feeling that schools have to prepare and be cautious about everything that’s going on,” said Hartman.

Hartman was talking about the wave of school shootings across the country this fall in Joplin, Missouri, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

But, since police said nothing criminal happened at Indian Woods, the students we talked to list suspension as the best punishment.

This story was found on MyFoxKC.com

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Toy store owner robs bank with water gun

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

A struggling Austrian toyshop owner was arrested after he tried to rob a bank with one of his toy guns.

The 44-year-old, from Vienna, stormed into a local bank with a stocking over his head and a gun in his hand, and demanded clerks empty their tills.

But a security guard noticed the ‘weapon’ was a plastic water pistol and asked him to hand over the toy to avoid “an even bigger embarrassment”.

The would-be robber told police: “I was driven to this desperate deed after my toy shop went bankrupt.”

Poor Guy.

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