Jan 2nd, 2009 · Bernard Madoff was robbed. The Wall Street investor is accused of making billions of dollars disappear in an alleged Ponzi scheme. And now we know that somebody made off with a statue from his Florida estate. It was a copper statue, worth $10,000 dollars. After they took it, the mysterious robbers brought it back. And they attached a note: "Lesson: Return stolen property to rightful owners."
Nov 14th, 2008 · If you ever get frustrated waiting for a bank teller, consider the feelings of a guy in York County, Penn. He had one simple request. He just wanted to rob the bank. But when he demanded money, the teller fainted. The robber proceeded to two more windows. But those tellers had no money. The bank had just opened, and their drawers weren't filled. The robber fled after threatening to file a complaint with management.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · A Maryland man apparently left his fingerprints at the scene of a robbery. One fingerprint in particular. Police say he used a machete to hold up an alleged brothel in Washington D.C. But before he left, one of the victims grabbed the machete and chopped off the robber's right thumb. Police fingerprinted the thumb, and later matched it to the suspect.
Oct 1st, 2008 · Renee Montagne has today's Last Word in business.
Jun 17th, 2008 · Set in the American West in 1915, Leif Enger's new novel, So Brave, Young and Handsome, is rife with train robbers, cowboys and Pinkerton detectives. The novel is a follow-up to the author's best-selling debut, Peace Like a River.
Apr 30th, 2008 · A man who pleaded guilty to robbing a liquor store in Ashland, Ky., had covered his entire head — except for his mouth and eyes — with duct tape before walking into the store. He got a few dollars from the register. But before police could put out a description of the silvery man, a store employee tackled him in the parking lot.
Apr 15th, 2008 · The clerk at a cigarette store figured out the best way to stop a robbery. It wasn't the alarm, or even a gun. Police in Des Moines, Iowa, say that when the man struck, the clerk started pelting him with cans of chewing tobacco.
Mar 7th, 2008 · Author Richard Marinick, a former state Trooper and armed robber, discusses his latest creation. In For a Pound tells the story of a former state Trooper who struggles to get his life back together after prison.