Monday, April 25, 2011

Bank Robbery at First Community Bank (Final Article

Today at 2 pm three robbers Darrin Hume, age 44, Fred Lapidus, age 37 and Ben Winslet, age 34 (who had recently been released from a 15 year sentence early from a robbery at a diner), robbed First Community Bank. They forced Five hostages John Parker, Jimmy Rodriguez, Mandy Straume, Soon Kwon and Sharaf Jarrah, inside of the vault. Also As a result of the robbery three people were killed Chuck Pace, Jenny Locke, and Bob Carlyle.

Even after the robbers were shot and killed by police officers, hostages were stuck in the vault for hours because of a computer mal function. After many hours the hostages were released in good condition back to their families. They are grateful to be out and alive.However there were three people killed in the bank robbery, all of them being employees of the bank, and they will truly be missed by the bank. One of them was Chuck Pace who managed the bank for ten years. Jenny Locke a bank employee was also shot by the robbers. A third man Bob Caryle another bank employee was shot by police when police mistaken him to be a robber. The police officers are deeply sorry about this mistake and have made a statement. "As police officers we strive to conduct our jobs with the utmost respect to community safety," said Police Chief Nora Young. "While it appears as though Mr. Carlyle's death was the result of a tragic accident that occurred in the midst of our officers' efforts to stop three robbers who had already murdered two civilians, it is important that we complete the vital and transparent process of determining what could have prevented this terrible circumstance."

The hostages who were all prominent members of the community one

being the high school football star quarterback, and another a

driver for the courier. They will help to play a big part to help

police put all of the pieces together and figure out everything that

went on in the bank that day.

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