Saturday, January 07, 2006

Technology and Bank robbers

A new use for GPS...
Moments after a Spokane bank was robbed, police found a duffel bag full of cash - and the global positioning satellite device that bank workers had tucked inside.

The device used satellite signals to relay location of the getaway minivan to police shortly after the Wednesday robbery..."You guys are good!" Fricks said as Spokane Police Officer Tim Moses arrested him shortly after the Washington Trust Bank branch robbery, according to documents filed in federal court.


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