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Alomar was apprehended following a joint operation involving multiple federal, state and municipal agencies and spearheaded by the FBI.
According to the New York State Department of Corrections , Alomar has served three separate stints in state prison, all on burglary charges, and was most recently released on July Just over a month later, on Aug. His escape forced the shutdown of the nearby Metro-North New Haven Line for nearly an hour as authorities searched commuter rail cars in Greenwich and the Bronx, N.
The likelihood of catching a bank robber on or near the scene is higher than for other crimes, said Deborah Weisel of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Consequently, many robbers are caught the same day.
In fact, the "clearance rate" for bank robbery is among the highest of all crimes -- nearly 60 percent, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report for Although the FBI has jurisdiction over most U. The average take for a bank robber in the U. This represents about 60 percent of financial losses from all commercial robberies, despite the fact that bank robberies comprise less than 10 percent of the total for this crime type.
Tuesday Oct. He is described as a white man, in his late 30s, standing about 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing approximately pounds. He was described as having black hair and brown eyes and wearing a dark colored jacket. A year old cyclist was seriously injured when one of the explosive devices planted by the gang went off as he cycled past. He was taken to hospital, where both of his feet had to be amputated, local media reported. Lt Guedes said there were still at least 14 bombs across the city and that the first indication was that they had some sort of sensor, which is triggered either by heat or motion.
Schools will remain closed on Monday and residents have been urged to stay indoors until all the devices have been dismantled. After the robbery, the gang took a number of hostages and surrounded the local military police station.
Gang members also blocked key access roads into the city by setting cars alight, local media reported. Record TV journalist Yuri Macri posted video he said showed two of the getaway cars. The first has a person tied to its roof and another to its bonnet, while in the second, a person can be seen crouching on the bonnet. CCTV footage posted by another Twitter user shows multiple cars driving through the city, some with people tied to the hoods, while another person can be seen holding up his hands while standing up through the van's sun roof.
Many residents reported hearing gunfire and even the sound of explosions. He said he did not know if the robbers had freed the hostages yet but said the security forces had retaken control of the city centre.
It is not clear how much money the attackers took but some videos purport to show a resident gathering bank notes in the street. News site G1 reports that the gang used drones to monitor the movements of the police from the air.
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