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A shaggy-haired video vampire has admitted committing three bank hold-ups and seven other armed robberies to feed a $75-a-day video-game habit. The ma(...)
A shaggy-haired video vampire has admitted committing three bank hold-ups and seven other armed robberies to feed a $75-a-day video-game habit. The ma(...)

A shaggy-haired video vampire has admitted committing three bank hold-ups and seven other armed robberies to feed a $75-a-day video-game habit. The ma(...)

Date6/16/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: A shaggy-haired video vampire has admitted committing three bank hold-ups and seven other armed robberies to feed a $75-a-day video-game habit. The machines ate money -they gobbled up quarters at an incredible rate; Wayne King; lawyer for Jeffrey Adam Cadieux; 17; told County Court yesterday. [Incomplete]
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John Brodie, 23, has been charged with armed robbery in connection with the $4,000 hold-up of a Metro Bank of Montreal branch Wednesday
John Brodie, 23, has been charged with armed robbery in connection with the $4,000 hold-up of a Metro Bank of Montreal branch Wednesday
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Head and shoulders covered to prevent identification, George Ronald Waite, father of four charged with seven bank hold-ups in Metro, leaves police hea(...)
Head and shoulders covered to prevent identification, George Ronald Waite, father of four charged with seven bank hold-ups in Metro, leaves police hea(...)
11/19/1968
Suspected bank robber: Cindy May Raycroft, 19, is taken handcuffed into Whit by Jail today after being remanded on two charges of armed robbery and two charges of attempted murder
Suspected bank robber: Cindy May Raycroft, 19, is taken handcuffed into Whit by Jail today after being remanded on two charges of armed robbery and two charges of attempted murder
4/12/1985
Scholarship-Winning Convict Edison McKenna, 41, serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery, has been granted day parole to attend Ontario College of(...)
Scholarship-Winning Convict Edison McKenna, 41, serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery, has been granted day parole to attend Ontario College of(...)
9/6/1978
Armed Robbery suspects under arrest, Officers lead Hung Hoang, 20, left, Dung Lieu, 23, and Minh Ly, 24, from cells to a police van on their way to court after charging them with robbery
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7/18/1990
Police with holdup suspect, Metro police Constable Roy Teeft, carrying rifle, escorts Wayne Patton from apartment on Brahms Ave. today following his arrest on a charge of armed robbery
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1/23/1975
Under arrest in a police round-up of six east end youths after a series of hold-ups are Thomas William Ward, 16, left, charged with armed robbery, and(...)
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12/29/1945
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
6/7/1990
Police capture armed man on bus, Metro police played out tense 30-minute drama early this morning when a man believed to be armed with a machine gun s(...)
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6/7/1990
Murder suspect arrives in cuffs, Metro officers escort Alex Yarri, 32, as he arrives at Pearson airport yesterday to face murder and robbery charges s(...)
Murder suspect arrives in cuffs, Metro officers escort Alex Yarri, 32, as he arrives at Pearson airport yesterday to face murder and robbery charges s(...)
10/23/1992
Acquitted of robbery
Acquitted of robbery
9/28/1972
By Tom Spears Toronto star, One of two men arrested after a $200,000 jewelry robbery at the Eaton Centre Friday night has been charged with five Toron(...)
By Tom Spears Toronto star, One of two men arrested after a $200,000 jewelry robbery at the Eaton Centre Friday night has been charged with five Toron(...)
12/9/1983