Bank robbery ends at bar

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Bank robbery ends at bar

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

Within three hours of the reported crime, Key West police arrested a man they say robbed the Bank of America on Flagler Avenue Wednesday morning without brandishing a weapon. They found him in a Truman Avenue bar.

Timothy Norris Homrighausen

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The Funny Thing About Bank Robbery

Submitted on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 7:45pm by KeyWestDan

Bank robbery can be charged as a state crime or federal crime. The funny thing is that the feds get jurisidction because of FDIC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which insures your deposits against the bank going under. FDIC does NOT cover loses from bank robbery, embezzlement and crimes that like. That is covered by private commercial insurance. Bank robbery is basicly covered by insurance which is why they give up the money so easy. Armed guards, especially here, are a waste of money and a big increased insurance liability.

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Lordy

Submitted on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 11:14pm by Conch Harbor

Your assets are covered. Period.

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Bank Robbers

Submitted on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 9:24am by conchy

At first I thought that someone was finally being prosecuted from the finanacial mess caused by Bank of America and their mortgage robbing schemes. But I guess Bob Dylan was right, "STEAL A LITTLE AND THEY THROW YOU IN JAIL, STEAL A LOT AND THEY MAKE YOU KING."

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guards

Submitted on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 9:06am by TheHammer

Only in KW would a bank not haved arm guards, or the guards are so old they cant see or catch you. Man, you robbed a bank, hide in the mangroves or the homeless shelter for a few days, all will be forgotten about in a few days, fool

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Don

Submitted on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 6:46am by hooker

Should rename this bar THE DON ,s place!

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Don's place? Tell me it ain't so!

Submitted on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 12:20pm by Tina

It's a dirtbaggy place that draws dirtbaggy people.

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Don's needs to change their advertising for accuracy.

Submitted on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 6:03pm by *.* CLEARLY the original

The website for Don's place calls it the 'first and last bar off of Duval Street. I vote that it be changed to "The first and last bar for the criminal crowd". How many crimes have started there and how many have ended there? And who wants to hang out at a smokey hole with 24/7 drunks and criminals?

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What a moron...

Submitted on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 8:29am by Faye

What a moron; Guess he needed the money to go to the watering hole. No matter if he took the money and run, he wouldn't get far.

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"Don's place"

Submitted on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 8:17am by none

Is it me....or is "Don's Place" involved indirectly in quite a few of these issues lately? Hmmmmm. What's the attraction.....with "Don's Place" ?

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Don's Place is seedy with

Submitted on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 10:08am by Faye

Don's Place is seedy with shifty characters in a ramshackle-grungy-clapboard pit. He thought in a place like this, the cops wont be looking here.., wrong. The motto is "Look in the unexpected places"

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If Only

Submitted on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 7:15am by Conch Harbor

If only they closed the bars at noon this guy would not have been tempted to steal beer money!!!!

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Escape by hiding in plain site?

Submitted on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 10:54pm by KeyWestDan

Seems to have worked for a guy who raped his daughters who lived here with a boyfriend for a year or so. There was the former manager of the Scrub Club who got fired and robbed Key West Bank, then was busted doing crack in a house in Old Town. We seem to get some real winners. Looks like this guy really wanted to go back to prison.

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Only in Key West

Submitted on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 8:57pm by NativeConch67

Would a bank robber stop at a bar instead of heading out of town. Idiot.

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Criminals - ALL CRIMINALS - are stupid.

Submitted on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 10:43am by *.* CLEARLY the original

This one is from Cullman, Alabama and that makes him even MORE stupid.

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Only in Key West...

Submitted on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 4:59pm by

Bank Robbers get away (at least for a few hours) via bicycle.

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What If ???...............

Submitted on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 4:52pm by stock ialand boy

Stock Island boy just missed thwarting him at the Bank of America by 12 minutes. Then this idiot gets arrested at Don's place (3 blocks from Stock Island Boy's Lair???) Coincidence??????? Things that make you go ....mmmmmmmmmmm!