Bank Robbery
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
Atlanta, Georgia
September 19, 2016 9:05pm CST
When we went out this morning police were all over the place, They were on foot, driving police cars and a helicopter was buzzing overhead. We didn't know what was going on. Someone said a store had been robbed, someone else thought a car had been stolen. We finally discovered the Wells Fargo bank just a couple of blocks away had been robbed. I turned on the TV later but didn't hear anything about it. The Wells Fargo robbery was probably on later but I didn't sit and wait for it. I had an eye appointment.
It was scary going out and finding all those policemen hustleing around. I didn't know we had that many policemen in our county, much less so many coming out to the same place at the same time. They had police cars along the road, and on the entrance to the interstate. Everywhere. When I saw so many of them I thought we might have a terrorist on the lose. Have you ever been in such a situation?
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Sep 16
We've had a few bank robberies in our small city, but I don't think they brought out the cavalry for any of them. Our town pretends that not much crime happens here, and while that is somewhat true compared to other towns of the same size, there are weird crimes committed that never make it into the daily paper.
Probably the state police were also involved, and possibly they called in police from other nearby counties to provide that many at one time in one place.
We've also had helicopters flying close to the ground and when that's happened in the past, I always wondered whether someone escaped one of the prisons in the area.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Sep 16
@RubyHawk It would be good to know also just to steer from harms way. Maybe that's why people end up getting police scanners to better monitor live situations such as that.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Sep 16
@MarshaMusselman Could be, we've never had it happen before.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
20 Sep 16
yes a few years back a bank robber escaped and ran through our gated appt.complex to escape the police we had a ton of police men there with dogs and a helicopter over head but the robber did not stick around after he tried our front door and it was locked as the police and the dogs were on his tail. he scared me spitless lol.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
20 Sep 16
Not tilldate....what is the update on the robbery? Hope no one was hurt.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Sep 16
They may have all been from your town. Some times they call in others from other counties. I have been in situations where five or six cop cars have shown up and that is rather intimidating but felt good that they took my call seriously.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Sep 16
@RubyHawk ....I've had to several times and you really get a mixture of personalities. Usually they are nice and helpful. They are also supposed to be peace officers, not just police.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Sep 16
@celticeagle Yes, I think especially at this time when so many things are happening.I read that policemen are getting more training in public relations.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
20 Sep 16
I do not remember a bank robbery near my home. but many years ago my car was stopped and controlled 3 times by the police in fifty miles
. I learned the day after in the media that they were looking for a well known criminal... with the same car/same color than mine
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. I learned the day after in the media that they were looking for a well known criminal... with the same car/same color than mine.2 people like this
@topffer (42155)
• France
21 Sep 16
@RubyHawk I asked to the last policeman why they were arresting my car every 10 or 20 miles and he just laughed. I was driving a lot at this time, and I was not controlled once a year. The guy they were looking for had escaped from a prison, and he has been arrested... 3 or 4 years later in Morocco. I still remember his name
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. I was driving a lot at this time, and I was not controlled once a year. The guy they were looking for had escaped from a prison, and he has been arrested... 3 or 4 years later in Morocco. I still remember his name.1 person likes this
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Sep 16
@topffer I see, you were driving the wrong car. At least they didn't take you in. I had a policeman stop me once after dark when I was on a side road with no traffic. I had heard to never stop on a lonely road at dark, that there were bad people who impersonated cops. I didn't stop until I got to a service station which was miles away. He was a little peeved. I had a tail light out and didn't know it. He gave me a warning and let me go on my way..
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
21 Sep 16
yeah. scary movements. But, it will have some thrill also.
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Sep 16
More important--the police were there when needed--they deserve the praise for being where/when they are needed sinc look what is happening in Charlotte, N. C.!
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
21 Sep 16
No one has expected that the Killers of late Sri Rajeev Gandhi were hiding in a building in the lane adjacent to our one.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
20 Sep 16
When I was in Bangaluru I experienced this situation. The killer of Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was hiding in the next lane along with his friends. The whole area was under tense situation. Everywhere, there was police and military.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
21 Sep 16
@RubyHawk Yeah. Quite comfortably. There was already all police and military officials who cordoned off the house. You might have seen it in the news. It wAS covered in International newspapers and on TV also.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Sep 16
@shivamani10 There is so much going on,with all the bombing and shootings, I probably saw it and forgot.
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Something was going on here past where my daughter lives way east of town. I so wanted to go on down the road and check it out after 3 sheriff cars whizzed from clear on the west side of town that way. I didn't have time to go check it out.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Sep 16
worse. 30 yrs. ago I lived in an apartment In Ohio that had a bar parking lot out the back door. times people were shooting out there and once bullet holes were in our back door next day. that was really scary.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54719)
• United States
20 Sep 16
That is scary. I've never seen anything like that.
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@mom210 (9170)
• United States
20 Sep 16
What a commotion! Hope it is all settled down now. We had a crazy scene at a Wal Mart one time. Police were chasing some guy that stole something, they ended up tazzing him in the parking lot. He just fell like a tree, never saw anything like that before.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
22 Sep 16
I'm surprised that I haven't been in that situation because a few banks in our area have been hit in recent months. But I've (thankfully) never been that close and I am so glad you are safe and sound!
