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Big bank rob

By Evan Gardner
The Brooklyn Paper

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Die’s not cast

A man robbed an Atlantic Avenue bank on April 24 and got away with $18,000.

Police said that the man entered the Sovereign Bank on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street at 10:55 am and walked straight to a teller’s desk and handed over a note demanding cash and indicating that he was armed.

The robber got away clean because the teller was unable to insert a die pack into the cash bag.

With a little help

Someone broke into Barney’s Smoke Shop on Schermerhorn Street on April 21, but needed a friend to help him ransack the place.

According to a witness, a man smashed a window in the store, which is near Court Street, at 11:15 pm. He then left, and returned a short time later with a buddy — the two men put $300 into a large white bag.

Cut off

Petty theft almost turned into a near double stabbing at the F train’s Bergen Station on April 23 after a man snatched an iPhone out of a female rider’s hand.

According to the victim, the perp grabbed the device and ran off as the train pulled into the station at 7:50 pm. The woman and a witness chased after the robber, but were held off when he pulled out a box cutter and threatened to slash them.

With nowhere to go, the knife-wielding knave was quickly arrested, and the phone was returned to its rightful owner.

— Evan Gardner

©2009 Community Newspaper Group

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