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  Robbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation.
A perpetrator of a robbery is a robber.
Violence is an ingredient of most robberies, and its use sometimes results in the murder of the victim(s).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robbery   (731 words)

  
 Robbery - MSN Encarta
Robbery, in criminal law, felonious act consisting of the unlawful taking, by means of violence or intimidation, of property in the possession or in the immediate presence or control of another.
Robbery differs from the crime of larceny in that the latter does not involve the use of force or fear of personal injury.
To constitute robbery, the intimidation may consist of threats of violence either to the person from whom the property is taken or to a relative of that person.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574368/Robbery.html   (223 words)

  
 Robbery Cases in New York City, New York criminal court
Robbery in the First Degree is a class B violent felony in New York.
Robbery in the Second Degree is a class C violent felony.
Robbery in the Third Degree is a class D non-violent felony.
www.queensdefense.com /robbery.htm   (666 words)

  
 Bank robbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most dangerous type of bank robbery is a takeover robbery in which several heavily armed (and armored) gang members threaten the lives of everyone present in the bank.
The first bank robbery in the United States took place on March 19, 1831, and was committed by Edward Smith who stole $245,000 from the City Bank on Wall Street in New York City.
These robberies were at the time regarded as legitimate acts of war, but many of the raiders carried on robbing banks in the post-war era, giving rise to the famous robber gangs of the late 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bank_robbery   (384 words)

  
 CVS Info On Robbery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Robbery, a form of theft, is usually distinguished from the less serious crime of larceny by two elements: First, in robbery, possessions are taken from a person by the use of threat or force.
Robbery victims may experience recurrent and intrusive thoughts and dreams of the incident and may also be hyper-alert, startling at little noises or abrupt actions.
It is important, when addressing the needs of the victim of a robbery, assault or burglary, for the you to not minimize the extent of trauma to the victim, the victim's family or his/her friends and neighbors.
www.crimevictimservices.org /victimtypes/index/robbery/robbery.html   (4225 words)

  
 Article 160 - Consolidated Laws - Penal
A person forcibly steals property and commits robbery when, in the course of committing a larceny, he uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person for the purpose of: 1.
Robbery in the third degree is a class D felony.
A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree when he forcibly steals property and when, in the course of the commission of the crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime: 1.
ypdcrime.com /penal.law/article160.htm   (339 words)

  
 Robbery Facts, security consultant, Chris McGoey, robbery expert
The formal definition of robbery is the taking or attempt to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Most people think of robberies as those committed against banks (2.3%) or at late-night retail establishments like gas stations, or convenience stores (10%) where a gun is used to force the cashier to hand over the money.
Robberies varied according to region with the Southern States having the highest percentage of 39%, the Western States 23%, the Northeastern States 19%, and the Midwestern States at 19%.
www.crimedoctor.com /robbery1.htm   (1032 words)

  
 robbery. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his presence at the time of the robbery.
Robbery differs from extortion, where force or fear are used to obtain the consent of the victim.
In some states there are several degrees of robbery with graduated penalties; aggravating circumstances—e.g., the use of firearms—result in a greater penalty.
www.bartleby.com /65/ro/robbery.html   (179 words)

  
 The Vault - THE BRINK'S ROBBERY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since the robbery had taken place between approximately 7:10 and 7:27 p.m., it was quite probable that a gang - as well drilled as the Brink's robbers obviously were - would have arranged to rendezvous at a specific time.
At the time of the Brink's robbery, Geagan was on parole, having been released from prison in July, 1943, after serving eight years of a lengthy sentence for armed robbery and assault.
Before the robbery was committed, the participants had agreed that if anyone "muffed," he would be "taken care of." O'Keefe felt that most of the gang members had "muffed." Talking to the FBI was his way of "taking care of" them all.
www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Palms/4170/fbibrink.htm   (9681 words)

  
 Robbery
Assuming that the robber can move at most one unit per time step, your program must try to find the exact position of the robber at each time step.
'', where k is the number of the robbery.
Robbery #1: Time step 1: The robber has been at 4,4.
acm.uva.es /p/v7/707.html   (520 words)

  
 Criminal Investigation | Multiple Choice Quiz
The lone victim is traveling to, or from, a leisure activity within 5 miles of his or her home.
The analysis of forensic ____________________ often assists in the investigation of a robbery crime scene when robbers wear a mask.
Robbery offenders are automatically removed from the streets.
highered.mcgraw-hill.com /sites/0072564938/student_view0/chapter12/multiple_choice_quiz.html   (1367 words)

  
 robbery - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about robbery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I do not say that robbery was the motive for the crime, and I don't believe it was.
As soon as the robbery was discovered, picked detectives hastened off to Liverpool, Glasgow, Havre, Suez, Brindisi, New York, and other ports, inspired by the proffered reward of two thousand pounds, and five per cent.
The bird complained to the dog of this bare-faced robbery, but nothing he said was of any avail, for the dog answered that he found false credentials on the sausage, and that was the reason his life had been forfeited.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /robbery   (277 words)

  
 ROBBERY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The trouble with robbery cases is that the best and most ingenious ones never reach court because the culprits are not caught.
Bank robberies are becoming a thing of the past due to CCTV and advances in security.
An informant resulted in the Dome robbery becoming Scotland Yard’s biggest ever coup rather than the criminal heist of the century.
www.old-bailey.com /sb-robbery.html   (131 words)

  
 Bank robbery suspect captured - November 13, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Barnes was arrested Friday by police in Harrisburg and charged with a robbery there that morning, according to trooper Brent Bobb of the state police at Selinsgrove.
The robbery Friday morning was Barnes’ third in about two weeks, including the Snyder County robbery, Bobb said.
Then on Friday, Barnes was arrested and charged with the Harrisburg robbery that morning and was arraigned by a district justice in Dauphin County, Bobb said.
www.dailyitem.com /archive/2004/1113/local/stories/05local.htm   (431 words)

  
 CNN.com - The Isabella Gardner Museum heist - Nov. 26, 2002
Some theories suggest that a robbery of this magnitude couldn't have been pulled off without the "blessing" of local organized crime figures, suggesting James "Whitey" Bulger, head of Boston's Irish mob, has some knowledge of the robbery or the paintings' whereabouts.
That's because the statute of limitations on robbery in Massachusetts ran out six years ago, so neither could be prosecuted as long as the scheme was plotted by someone else and they no longer had any of the 13 works in their possession.
Though museum officials are reluctant to talk about the robbery, which one museum source referred to as "an unfortunate part of the museum's history," empty frames that continue to hang on the walls serve as a constant reminder.
archives.cnn.com /2002/LAW/11/26/ctv.traces.museum.heist   (2864 words)

  
 More robbery charges filed - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Purcell was previously charged with robbery, theft and receiving stolen property for allegedly robbing the Exxon gas station at the intersection of Route 201 and Interstate 70 12:01 a.m.
Purcell was charged with robbery, theft and receiving stolen property after a second robbery at the Exxon gas station 2:01 a.m.
Purcell was apprehended and charged for the robberies after a cooperative investigation conducted by state police in Washington and Rostraver Township, North Charleroi and Charleroi police departments.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/newssummary/s_279431.html   (543 words)

  
 SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is every robbery a mortal sin?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Now this cannot be done with the proceeds of robbery, according to Is. 61:8, "I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust." Therefore it is not lawful to take anything by robbery.
I answer that, Robbery implies a certain violence and coercion employed in taking unjustly from a man that which is his.
It is no robbery if princes exact from their subjects that which is due to them for the safe-guarding of the common good, even if they use violence in so doing: but if they extort something unduly by means of violence, it is robbery even as burglary is. Hence Augustine says (De Civ.
www.newadvent.org /summa/306608.htm   (622 words)

  
 Great Train Robbery Outside Verdi Nevada, November 5, 1870
Every enemy of law and order was vociferous in praise of the boldness and nerve of the perpetrators of the robbery, and Nevada acquired the dubious credit of being [one of] the first States in the Union that could produce a set of outlaws daring enough to stop and rob all express train.
When his train arrived at the scene of the robbery he found that the work of the robbers wa's finished and the engineer and fireman were busy removing the obstructions from the track.
Among others was one from California, where in a certain robbery case the defendants were tried in one county while the robbery was committed in another, and the Supreme Court of California granted a new trial on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.
cprr.org /Museum/Robbery.html   (4715 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Kent | Third person held over £50m raid
A man, 29, and a woman, 31, were arrested in south London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Three vehicles involved in the robbery have been found, but not the lorry used to transport the money, police said.
Kent Police Assistant Chief Constable Adrian Leppard said the robbery was executed with military precision by a professional gang operating at the "top level" of organised crime.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/kent/4745856.stm   (761 words)

  
 The Great Brinks Robbery by J.J. Maloney
It was a textbook robbery – the largest in U.S. history at the time.
On each occasion, the gang decided to postpone the robbery because conditions at Brinks were not optimal.
McGinnis, who had not been at the scene on the night of the robbery, received a life sentence on each of eight indictments that charged him with being an accessory before the fact in connection with the Brinks robbery.
crimemagazine.com /brinks.htm   (4814 words)

  
 Armed Robbery at local rent to own...
The robbery was spotted by a passerby who called police.
The steps you take to prevent a robbery, and how you train employees to act during, and after an armed robbery, can mean the difference between a terrifying event...and a terrible tragedy.
Detective Buckley, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Association of Robbery Investigators (CARI), says "The most common, and dangerous, mistake made by victims of armed robbery is not doing exactly as they're told by the robber".
www.rtoonline.com /Content/Article/May03/ArmedRobbery052703.asp   (924 words)

  
 Weis robbery suspect charged   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
HUMMELS WHARF — Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for a Thursday morning robbery at the Weis Markets store at the Susquehanna Valley Mall, as well as the Jan. 19 armed robbery of a Weis store in Sunbury and several vehicle thefts in Middleburg.
Jones said the armed robbery in Sunbury also is believed to be connected to recent vehicle thefts in Middleburg.
The Sunbury robbery was similar to the Hummels Wharf holdup in most respects.
www.dailyitem.com /archive/2006/0127/local/stories/02local.htm   (564 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bank robbery suspect: 'It went to hell' - Sep. 27, 2002
One robbery suspect said, "It went to hell in the bank," according to police investigating one of the deadliest bank robberies in the United States.
All five victims were shot in the head within the first 40 seconds of Thursday's assault, Hecker testified at the bond hearing in the Madison County courthouse.
Authorities said Zach was apparently upset because he had stopped one of the suspects a week before the robbery, but botched a background check on the man's gun.
archives.cnn.com /2002/US/Central/09/27/bank.slayings   (1009 words)

  
 LMPD Armed Suspect Apprehension Program - Robbery
Using ASAP, one can view posted evidential photos and/or video of an armed robbery in-progress and contact the lead investigator working the case with any pertinent information that may help in solving the crime.
(1) A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree when, in the course of committing a theft, he uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person with intent to accomplish the theft and when he:
(2) Robbery in the first degree is a Class B felony.
www.lmpdasap.com   (255 words)

  
 Phoenix Police Department - Robbery Suspects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The robbery occurred at Churches Chicken, 5901 W. Camelback Rd. in Phoenix.
The Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in locating a bank robbery suspect who robbed the Bank of America branch located at 4230 W. McDowell Road on Wednesday, September 26, 2001.
He is responsible for two bank robberies, the last one being on September 4, 2001 at the Wells Fargo Bank, located inside the Bashas Grocery Store at 10631 N. 32 Street.
www.phoenix.gov /POLICE/211a.html   (933 words)

  
 Robbery Spike
Robberies and violent crime continued a bit lower in the first two months of 2006, but burgalries continue at an elevated rate.
Also, the 3rd District, to the south of Hyde Park, experienced the largest spike, especially in robberies, thefts and burgalries, in the city during summer, 2005, although that was a reversal of significant progress during the first half of the year.
Neighborhod robberies are up 37 percent, with 62 incidents reported this year compared to 45 by this time last year, and aggravated assaults are up nearly 14 percent.
www.hydepark.org /hpkcc/whistlestop/robberiesspike.htm   (14927 words)

  
 Unsolved Robbery
After the robbery, both suspects were seen getting in a newer model red or maroon four door Pontiac Grand Prix which left in an unknown direction.
On July 18, 2003 Colorado Springs Police were notified of a robbery victim who was stabbed and his ATM card stolen.
He wore his hair in braids reaching to his upper back, and there were white or light-colored beads at the ends of the braids.
www.crimestop.net /unsolved_robbery.htm   (1183 words)

  
 CBC News: More than $53M taken in Northern Ireland robbery
BELFAST - The robbers who pulled off Northern Ireland's biggest bank robbery dressed as police officers to get into the home of a banker, taking his wife hostage.
More details are emerging about the bank heist in Belfast on Monday evening that netted thieves more than $53 million, reportedly the biggest robbery in Northern Ireland's history.
The robbery comes a week after the Australian company announced it would sell the bank to Danske Bank of Denmark.
www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/12/22/Irish-Robbery.041222.html   (401 words)

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