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Bank robberies maybe down in U.S., maybe up these parts

Findist signs contribution "Willie Sutton," and sends links with some contradictory indicatories, and warns, A word of caution: should anyone choose make the charge of conclusion-reaching, I will gleefully lay before the public, in the basest of terms - complete with finger-wagging, arched eyebrows, and disingenuous innuendo - the unvarnished facts of the Bank of Esto heist. which could mean "Willie Sutton" is part of the History Cousins, Mike-Jim axis. - CM

By "Willie Sutton"

Page 137 (only pages 136 and 137 are online here) of this document Robberies of Banks from the American Banking Association gives "The total [annual] number of robberies (includes those of commercial banks, mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations and credit unions)" in the United States from 1984 through the middle of June, 2011.



A recent (February 4, 2013) Wall Street Journal article headlined "Crime that no longer pays" "Crime that no longer pays" noted that "Preliminary 2012 figures released last week show the lowest tally in decades: 3,870 bank robberies, down from more than 5,000 a year earlier."

However, a February 24, 2013 article in the Bowling Green, KY, Daily News reported in that city there were a record five bank robberies in 2012 and that there already have been three there this year. (As of March 1, 2013 at 9:15 a.m. Central Coburg Time, the Daily News article may be viewed by going to Daily News.com and entering the term "bank robberies" sans quotation marks in the search function. The article is headlined "Economy, other issues spark heists.")

Entering the same term in the "Courier-Journal," search function brings up a lengthy list of articles from the past few years.

(A word of caution: should anyone choose make the charge of conclusion-reaching, I will gleefully lay before the public, in the basest of terms -- complete with finger-wagging, arched eyebrows, and disingenuous innuendo -- the unvarnished facts of the Bank of Esto heist.)

Yours in successful banking,

- Willie Sutton


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