But the sum and substance of his criminal career was not like a string of bank robberies.
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The bank raid is thought to have been one of the UK's biggest cash robberies.
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Legal records show Ebel had convictions for several robberies and for assaulting a prison guard.
Officers do not believe it is linked to recent street robberies in the area.
Shopworkers' union Usdaw said many retail staff injured in armed robberies and assaults would lose out.
The same study said that stolen iPods accounted for 4% of all robberies in Washington, D.
Jewelry is out in the open, not enclosed under glass, yet robberies are minimal.
This summer, armed robberies of tourists drew attention to the District's high crime rates.
Tighter airport security measures have been announced, following two multi-million pound robberies at Heathrow.
But their high cost means thefts are more likely to be reported than other street robberies.
That compares well to London, where recorded street robberies have almost doubled in ten years.
"So many robberies, and many thugs, and the police aren't doing anything to stop it, " they complained.
Prosecutors later used phone records to show the location of suspects around the time of the robberies.
The number of reported phone robberies jumped 33% over the same period, from 60, 100 to nearly 80, 300.
Students have been the victims of a series of recent street robberies in Egham and Englefield Green.
Some jewellers are calling for a greater police presence on Leicester's "Golden Mile" after two recent robberies.
The new plan was launched after street robberies soared in London in the wake of September 11.
Kidnappings and armed robberies have increased since a popular uprising ousted Egypt's long-ruling dictator, Hosni Mubarak, last year.
Beall did not have a gun on him during the robberies though he told tellers that he did.
The Association of British Bookmakers said it was appealing over robberies in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, and West Sussex.
For instance, since 2009 taxi-cab robberies, once a major concern for residents and tourists, have fallen by almost 50%.
Antwerp, the world's leading trading center for diamonds, has been hit by a string of robberies in recent years.
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Bank robberies are still federal jurisdiction, but the FBI now leaves more investigations of them to local law enforcement.
He said the fight also killed 13 "criminals" suspected in kidnappings and robberies.
Robberies there rose from 397 in 2011 to 478 in 2012, and grand larcenies rose from 412 to 469.
Police are investigating two armed robberies at newsagents to the south of Glasgow.
It's so bad that a 2007 study showed iPod robberies bumped up overall crime rates in some major U.S. cities.
The company, which employs 14 people, said the decision to close was made after a series of robberies in 2012.
Police in Belgium, Switzerland and France have arrested 31 people in connection with one of the world's largest robberies of diamonds.
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