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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Gunmen abducted assistant cashier Eric Gronewall from his Bellemore, N.Y. home, forced him to open the vault at a Floral Park branch of Franklin National Bank, and escaped with $160,000, later releasing him a few miles away.
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FLORAL PARK, N. Y., (AP) Daring gunmen grabbed an assistant cashier on the lawn of his home Tuesday morning, forced him to open his bank's vault and escaped with $160,000.
They took the cashier with them but dumped him out a few miles away.
Eric Gronewall, 44, told police that as he was leaving his Bellemore home to go to a branch of the Franklin National Bank, a man stepped out of the bushes.
He had a gun, and a canvas bag. Jamming the gun into Gronewall's side, he warned him not to cry out, adding, "we know all about you and the bank."
They got into Gronewall's car and drove to the bank. Gronewall became aware another car was following, but the gunman said sternly, "Don't dare turn around."
The gunman, about 30, dark haired and medium height, chatted as they drove along, said he had been in the Army and before that had worked in a bank, but didn't say where.
He had planned while he was in the Army to rob another bank, he said, but when he got out found it had closed.
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Primary Location
Floral Park, N. Y.
Event Date
Tuesday Morning
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escaped with $160,000; cashier dumped out a few miles away unharmed.
Event Details
Daring gunmen grabbed assistant cashier Eric Gronewall, 44, on the lawn of his Bellemore home as he was leaving for work. A gunman, about 30, dark haired and medium height, with a gun and canvas bag, forced him into his car at gunpoint, warning him not to cry out and claiming knowledge of him and the bank. They drove to a branch of the Franklin National Bank, followed by another car. The gunman, who chatted about his Army service and prior bank work, forced Gronewall to open the vault and took $160,000 before releasing him a few miles away.