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About the first time there's been some mildly amusing news out of my dismal town (except for that whole bridge thing). My boss actually drove by this on the way to work and sure as hell would have done a U-turn if he knew about the giveaway. 
Why the hell would you throw out the money like that? If you don't escape the cops and civys will testify that you threw out the money so it'll still be valid evidence after it's retrieved. If you do manage to escape somehow, you'd have nothing to show for it. So what's the point?
Why the hell would you throw out the money like that? If you don't escape the cops and civys will testify that you threw out the money so it'll still be valid evidence after it's retrieved. If you do manage to escape somehow, you'd have nothing to show for it. So what's the point?
Police stop suspect after high speed chase this morning
Friday, March 28, 2008
Star Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX
An early-morning bank robbery today escalated into a high-speed chase through the northwest suburbs that ended when the suspect crashed his car and exchanged gunfire with police.
Speeds reached nearly 100 miles per hour as the suspect and law enforcement from several agencies dodged vehicles on crowded rush hour freeways during the chase, which began in St. Anthony and ended in Plymouth.
According to St. Anthony Police, the suspect robbed the TCF Bank at gunpoint, and was located by officers leaving the bank at 3899 NE. Silver Lake Road around 6:45 a.m.
The suspect drove north on Silver Lake Road, then west on Interstate Hwy. 694. Officers from numerous agencies joined the chase as it moved through Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park and down I-494 in Maple Grove and Plymouth. Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras showed the suspect weaving around traffic with police in close pursuit. At one point, cameras showed the suspect tossing two black money bags from a silver Toyota sedan as it sped down I-494.
The chase frightened some motorists who quickly exited the highway and took alternate routes to work. Trisha Fisher was in Maple Grove, just about to head southbound on I-494 where it joins I-694 when she saw six squad cars speeding around the bend.
"I know they were doing at least 100 mph, sirens blaring, flashers, etc., and figured it was a high speed chase -- not an accident down the road," she said. "I made a decision at the split to take I-694 [east] to 81, which was a good choice. I don't need to be accidentally shot because of some idiot robbing a bank at 7 a.m."
The suspect finally exited I-494 on Hwy. 55 and crashed as he attempted to reenter the freeway going in the wrong direction in Plymouth.
A Hennepin County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said that shots were fired when the suspect was stopped around 7:20 a.m. Police said the suspect was armed at the time. Shots rang out as officers closed in.
Capt. Dan Plekkenpol of the Plymouth police department said the suspect was shot.
Chief John Olh of the St. Anthony police department said the suspect was taken to North Memorial Medical in Robbinsdale with non-life threatening injuries.
Amy Harris was just getting out of her car at the West Health building when she saw the suspect's car go into the ditch and head toward the exit ramp and oncoming traffic when "20 police cars stopped it. I heard six gun shots and I got back in my car praying that no bullets were going to be flying across the road."
Police from Plymouth, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, St. Anthony, Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies and the FBI were on the scene for several hours investigating.
Ohl said it was not clear why the suspect was driving a car with Louisiana license plates. He could not confirm if the car was a rental "or maybe belong to friends. We are just not sure."
TCF Bank Spokesman Jason Korstange said the branch was not open at the time of the incident.
FBI Special Agent Paul McCabe said the robber confronted three employees as they were reporting for work. The culprit pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the employees, led them to a back room and told them to open the vault.
The robber ordered the employees to the floor, placed cash in a white cloth bag and fled.
No one at the bank was hurt, Korstange said.
McCabe said the suspect is a black man, approximately 30 years old, around 5 feet 10 inches and approximately 180 pounds. He is a suspect in other metro area bank robberies, McCabe said.
This is not the first time the St. Anthony TCF Bank has been held up at gunpoint. In early November, a lone robber entered the bank and pointed a semi-automatic handgun at employees and ordered them to the floor. During that robbery, the suspect kept his gun pointed at bank employees and threatened to kill them.
The same bank also was robbed on Jan. 11.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/...0News/1271484/
Friday, March 28, 2008
Star Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX
An early-morning bank robbery today escalated into a high-speed chase through the northwest suburbs that ended when the suspect crashed his car and exchanged gunfire with police.
Speeds reached nearly 100 miles per hour as the suspect and law enforcement from several agencies dodged vehicles on crowded rush hour freeways during the chase, which began in St. Anthony and ended in Plymouth.
According to St. Anthony Police, the suspect robbed the TCF Bank at gunpoint, and was located by officers leaving the bank at 3899 NE. Silver Lake Road around 6:45 a.m.
The suspect drove north on Silver Lake Road, then west on Interstate Hwy. 694. Officers from numerous agencies joined the chase as it moved through Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park and down I-494 in Maple Grove and Plymouth. Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras showed the suspect weaving around traffic with police in close pursuit. At one point, cameras showed the suspect tossing two black money bags from a silver Toyota sedan as it sped down I-494.
The chase frightened some motorists who quickly exited the highway and took alternate routes to work. Trisha Fisher was in Maple Grove, just about to head southbound on I-494 where it joins I-694 when she saw six squad cars speeding around the bend.
"I know they were doing at least 100 mph, sirens blaring, flashers, etc., and figured it was a high speed chase -- not an accident down the road," she said. "I made a decision at the split to take I-694 [east] to 81, which was a good choice. I don't need to be accidentally shot because of some idiot robbing a bank at 7 a.m."
The suspect finally exited I-494 on Hwy. 55 and crashed as he attempted to reenter the freeway going in the wrong direction in Plymouth.
A Hennepin County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said that shots were fired when the suspect was stopped around 7:20 a.m. Police said the suspect was armed at the time. Shots rang out as officers closed in.
Capt. Dan Plekkenpol of the Plymouth police department said the suspect was shot.
Chief John Olh of the St. Anthony police department said the suspect was taken to North Memorial Medical in Robbinsdale with non-life threatening injuries.
Amy Harris was just getting out of her car at the West Health building when she saw the suspect's car go into the ditch and head toward the exit ramp and oncoming traffic when "20 police cars stopped it. I heard six gun shots and I got back in my car praying that no bullets were going to be flying across the road."
Police from Plymouth, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, St. Anthony, Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies and the FBI were on the scene for several hours investigating.
Ohl said it was not clear why the suspect was driving a car with Louisiana license plates. He could not confirm if the car was a rental "or maybe belong to friends. We are just not sure."
TCF Bank Spokesman Jason Korstange said the branch was not open at the time of the incident.
FBI Special Agent Paul McCabe said the robber confronted three employees as they were reporting for work. The culprit pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the employees, led them to a back room and told them to open the vault.
The robber ordered the employees to the floor, placed cash in a white cloth bag and fled.
No one at the bank was hurt, Korstange said.
McCabe said the suspect is a black man, approximately 30 years old, around 5 feet 10 inches and approximately 180 pounds. He is a suspect in other metro area bank robberies, McCabe said.
This is not the first time the St. Anthony TCF Bank has been held up at gunpoint. In early November, a lone robber entered the bank and pointed a semi-automatic handgun at employees and ordered them to the floor. During that robbery, the suspect kept his gun pointed at bank employees and threatened to kill them.
The same bank also was robbed on Jan. 11.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/...0News/1271484/
@ Wezil's vid.
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