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Staff Sgt. Tony Farrell
Staff Sgt. Tony Farrell

Staff Sgt. Tony Farrell

Date3/12/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Staff Sgt. Tony Farrell: He fired shot that killed bank robber.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120534F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
$6,744,170.35 worth of Cheques and money orders, stolen yesterday in Mettro's biggest bank haul in 20 years, are examined by Detective Sgt. Ken Wilkin(...)
$6,744,170.35 worth of Cheques and money orders, stolen yesterday in Mettro's biggest bank haul in 20 years, are examined by Detective Sgt. Ken Wilkin(...)
2/26/1970
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
6/7/1973
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
4/26/1973
Trapped van
Trapped van
8/22/1986
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
11/18/1987
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
7/9/1985
Safe: Bank employees mill around outside yesterday as the drama unfolds
Safe: Bank employees mill around outside yesterday as the drama unfolds
7/16/1991
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
11/19/1991
Stand-off over
Stand-off over
7/16/1991
To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. an(...)
5/14/1991
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
1/24/1983
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
3/18/1992