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Crystal Lake police are investigating a jewelry store robbery where an employee was hit in the face by the suspect on Saturday.
At around 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, the Crystal Lake Police Department responded to Dalzell Jewelers at 41 North Williams Street in Crystal Lake for a report of a robbery.
Authorities said that a black male had entered the store and asked to see specific jewelry. While being shown the jewelry, the suspect took two trays of diamond jewelry and fled from the business.
While fleeing from the business and employees, the suspect struck one of the employees with his hand who tried to stop him. The employee refused medical attention at the scene. No weapons were displayed or implied during the robbery. An accurate price of the stolen jewelry is not yet available, police said.
The black male suspect was described as being in his 20’s with a medium build, approximately 6’1″ tall, wearing a black t-shirt with white lettering on it believed to be “Hoops”, gray sweatpants, and white athletic shoes. The suspect got into a getaway vehicle with a male black driver.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Crystal Lake Police Department at 815-356-3620 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-762-7867.
The robbery is still under investigation by the Crystal Lake Police Department.
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yesterday we met the mexican wolf boy at venice beach. i got fitted for toe rings that go all the way around, went on a huge search for sunglasses for my gal friend, went on a long bike ride, had a rose stolen out of my hand by a dog, got my cartilage pierced, drove around for an hour looking for a usable/trespassable spa, and followed a raccoon up my driveway.
summer's getting good.
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Taken during various visits to the Temple of Heaven in China's capital city, Beijing.
Some info on the Temple of Heaven from Wikipedia:-
The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven (simplified Chinese: 天坛; traditional Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It has been regarded as a Taoist temple, although Chinese Heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, pre-dates Taoism.
The temple complex was constructed from 1406 to 1420 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor, who was also responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The complex was extended and renamed Temple of Heaven during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the 16th century. The Jiajing Emperor also built three other prominent temples in Beijing, the Temple of Sun (日壇) in the east, the Temple of Earth (地壇) in the north, and the Temple of Moon (月壇) in the west . The Temple of Heaven was renovated in the 18th century under the Qianlong Emperor. Due to the deterioration of state budget, this became the last large-scale renovation of the temple complex in the imperial time.
The temple was occupied by the Anglo-French Alliance during the Second Opium War. In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight Nation Alliance occupied the temple complex and turned it into the force's temporary command in Beijing, which lasted for one year. The occupation desecrated the temple and resulted in serious damage to the building complex and the garden. Robberies of temple artifacts by the Alliance were also reported. With the downfall of the Qing, the temple complex was left unmanaged. The neglect of the temple complex led to the collapse of several halls in the following years.
In 1914, Yuan Shikai, then President of the Republic of China, performed a Ming prayer ceremony at the temple, as part of an effort to have himself declared Emperor of China. In 1918 the temple was turned into a park and for the first time open to the public.
The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations..." as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries."
The surroundings of the Temple of Heaven are now a very popular park for exercising.
The Temple grounds cover 2.73 km² of parkland and comprises three main groups of constructions, all built according to strict philosophical requirements:
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) is a magnificent triple-gabled circular building, 36 meters in diameter and 38 meters tall, built on three levels of marble stone base, where the Emperor prayed for good harvests. The building is completely wooden, with no nails. The original building was burned down by a fire caused by lightning in 1889. The current building was re-built several years after the incident.
The Imperial Vault of Heaven (皇穹宇) is a single-gabled circular building, built on a single level of marble stone base. It is located south of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and resembles it, but is smaller. It is surrounded by a smooth circular wall, the Echo Wall, that can transmit sounds over large distances. The Imperial Vault is connected to the Hall of Prayer by the Vermilion Steps Bridge, a 360 meter long raised walkway that slowly ascends from the Vault to the Hall of Prayer.
The Circular Mound Altar (圜丘坛) is the altar proper, located south of the Imperial Vault of Heaven. It is an empty circular platform on three levels of marble stones, each decorated by lavishly carved dragons. The numbers of various elements of the Altar, including its balusters and steps, are either the sacred number nine or its nonuples. The center of the altar is a round slate called the Heart of Heaven(天心石) or the Supreme Yang(太阳石), where the Emperor prayed for favorable weather. Thanks to the design of the altar, the sound of the prayer will be reflected by the guardrail, creating significant resonance, which was supposed to help the prayer communicate with the Heaven. The Altar was built in 1530 by the Jiajing Emperor and rebuilt in 1740.
In ancient China, the Emperor of China was regarded as the Son of Heaven, who administered earthly matters on behalf of, and representing, heavenly authority. To be seen to be showing respect to the source of his authority, in the form of sacrifices to heaven, was extremely important. The temple was built for these ceremonies, mostly comprising prayers for good harvests.
Twice a year the Emperor and all his retinue would move from the Forbidden city through Beijing to encamp within the complex, wearing special robes and abstaining from eating meat. No ordinary Chinese was allowed to view this procession or the following ceremony. In the temple complex the Emperor would personally pray to Heaven for good harvests. The highpoint of the ceremony at the winter solstice was performed by the Emperor on the Earthly Mount. The ceremony had to be perfectly completed; it was widely held that the smallest of mistakes would constitute a bad omen for the whole nation in the coming year.
Earth was represented by a square and Heaven by a circle; several features of the temple complex symbolize the connection of Heaven and Earth, of circle and square. The whole temple complex is surrounded by two cordons of walls; the outer wall has a taller, semi-circular northern end, representing Heaven, and a shorter, rectangular southern end, representing the Earth. Both the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Circular Mound Altar are round, each standing on a square yard, again representing Heaven and Earth.
The number nine represents the Emperor and is evident in the design of the Circular Mound Altar: a single round marmor plate is surrounded by a ring of nine plates, then a ring of 18 plates, and so on for a total of nine surrounding rings, the outermost having 9×9 plates.
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests has four inner, twelve middle and twelve outer pillars, representing the four seasons, twelve months and twelve traditional Chinese hours respectively. Combined together, the twelve middle and twelve outer pillars represent the traditional solar term.
All the buildings within the Temple have special dark blue roof tiles, representing the Heaven.
The Seven-Star Stone Group, east of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, represents the seven peaks of Taishan Mountain, a place of Heaven worship in classical China.
And more info here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_heaven
Armed robbery at two banks in Västerhaninge today. Three men armed with automatic firearms first blew the wault at Föreningssparbanken ( that's my bank btw), and then also robbed the Handelsbanken next door. Shots were fired. Heavy smoke came out from the first bank. Bank customers and employed unharmed but shocked. The area is surrounded by police, including the bomb squad, fire fighters, TV-crews, journalists and onlookers. Police have found a getaway car at Skogås, but the robbers are still at large.
Rumpkinhead Scott was able to leave the vault room, but not with his complete objective. However, will he be able to make his way to safety?
Armed robbery at two banks in Västerhaninge today. Three men armed with automatic firearms first blew the wault at Föreningssparbanken ( that's my bank btw), and then also robbed the Handelsbanken next door. Shots were fired. Heavy smoke came out from the first bank. Bank customers and employed unharmed but shocked. The area is surrounded by police, including the bomb squad, fire fighters, TV-crews, journalists and onlookers. Police have found a getaway car at Skogås, but the robbers are still at large.
The Daily Shoot assignment for 2010/04/10:
Pretend words don’t exist, only images. Make a photo today that conveys a story to those who see your work.
10 sec. countdown.
Thanks to Rossella that helped by posing with me in this shot.
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Algonquin police have a man and a woman in custody after a Saturday afternoon bank robbery.
Algonquin Police were dispatched to the TCF Bank inside Jewel-Osco, 103 S. Randall Road, about 3:20 p.m. Saturday for a report of a robbery. During the incident, a man with a fake beard demanded money from a bank teller and fled with the cash, police said.
Members of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Department were collecting Salvation Army donations outside the store as the man fled. A bystander stopped the man and members of the department then assisted in detaining him, police said.
Daniel R. Plushkis, 26, of Crystal Lake and his wife Jessica E. Plushkis, 28, of Crystal Lake, have been charged with financial institution robbery and burglary. Both will appear in court at an undecided date for a bond hearing.
Jessica Plushkis was caught when she tried to flee the scene in a vehicle, police said.
This marks the third local bank robbery this month. A bearded, wigged man robbed a Chase bank in Cary, 300 Route 14, Dec 1. The suspect implied he had a weapon. A similar robbery occurred Dec. 10, when a person in a similar disguise escaped with cash after robbing a TCF bank in Jewel-Osco in Huntley.
The FBI and local police are investigating those crimes and similar robberies that they said could be connected in Streamwood and Arlington Heights.
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12/31/2008
Shedahe ''Roman'' Abdel has worked in convenience stores the past seven years and has seen his fair share of robberies.
So he knew what to do when two men rushed into his Pembroke Pines Stop-N-Go on Monday night and ordered him to open the register.
With one man forcing two customers and two employees to the floor at gunpoint and the other suspect standing behind him, Abdel did what he was told. But the $300 or so in the register wasn't enough.
Open the safe, he was ordered by the gunman. With a revolver in his face, he was shoved, so Abdel pulled his .45 out of his waistband and shot one robber in the arm and the other in the leg.
When he pulled the trigger, five times by his count, Abdel became the second Broward County man in four days to shoot an armed robber in an act that police would call self-defense.
''As it stands right now, it sounds like a very good self-defense case,'' said Sgt. Bryan Davis, a Pembroke Pines police spokesman. Abdel has not been charged. Abdel, the manager of the convenience store at 7781 Johnson St., said he first shot the man holding the gun, whom police would later identify as 18-year-old Yacov Sims.
THE BLEEDING ARM
Then, as Sims ran out the door, bleeding from his arm, Abdel thought he saw Joshua Hammond reaching for his own gun, so he shot the 20-year-old in the leg.
Neither Hammond nor Sims got off a shot, Davis said.
When police arrived, they arrested Hammond and took him to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. An hour later, Sims arrived at the hospital via ambulance and was also arrested. Both Miami Gardens' men are each now charged with one count of armed robbery, Davis said.
On Tuesday, Abdel was back at work, selling lottery tickets and taking pizza orders.
'I told him, `Listen, take the money' '' Abdel said, recalling the robbery. ``He filled up his pockets -- but that wasn't enough. If he didn't have the gun, believe me, I would have given him the money.''
But Abdel, who came to South Florida from Venezuela in 2001, said he worried that the two men might kill him, so he pulled out his handgun and fired. The decision cost about $1,000 -- a broken window pane and register -- as well as his peace of mind. Abdel woke up last night, recalling Hammond's scream as he was shot.
''You see this guy screaming and it stays in your head,'' Abdel said.
On the afternoon of February 25, 1896, two cowboys, Foster Crawford and Elmer "Kid" Lewis, robbed the City National Bank, then located at Ohio and 7th Street (2 blocks east). They killed cashier Frank Dorsey, took about $410 cash, and fled on horseback. A posse of citizens and Texas Rangers captured the pair that night hiding in a thicket outside of town. The next day, after the Rangers departed, the anger of the townspeople turned to violence. On the night of February 26, a mob dragged the prisoners from the jail and lynched them in front of the bank building. (1978)
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There was just a robbery at gunpoint inside the Maple Lanes bowling alley on 60th Street and 16th Avenue. The NYPD is looking for two black males who robbed someone at gunpoint in the building. According to initial report, both suspect are armed with guns. The NYPD has called a Level 1 Mobilization response, and officers are canvassing the area. EMS has been requested to respond to the bowling alley as well.
Sources tell BoroParkScoop.com that the robbery occurred in the basement of the establishment, and $80,000 was taken. We have not been able to independently confirm this info as of this time.
Any further details will be published.
Bank robbery at Bank of America at 334 F Street today at 1:19 P.M. Male suspect with beard. Any info on identify call Eureka Police Department.
(from press release from EPD December 7, 2009)
There was just a robbery at gunpoint inside the Maple Lanes bowling alley on 60th Street and 16th Avenue. The NYPD is looking for two black males who robbed someone at gunpoint in the building. According to initial report, both suspect are armed with guns. The NYPD has called a Level 1 Mobilization response, and officers are canvassing the area. EMS has been requested to respond to the bowling alley as well.
Sources tell BoroParkScoop.com that the robbery occurred in the basement of the establishment, and $80,000 was taken. We have not been able to independently confirm this info as of this time.
Any further details will be published.
Policemen drag Ruselo Rabanes by the collar following his arrest in brgy Tangke, Talisay City, Cebu. The out-of-work laborer admitted shooting Fr. Jovencio Rabusa after the victim refused to hand over his cellular phones last Monday July 5 in nrgy Cansojong Talisay City.
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On February 8th, shortly after 8:00am, Woodstock Police responded to Gas Cap Fuels, located at 401 S. Eastwood Dr. for a subject who robbed and fled the gas station. The subject displayed a handgun and was described as a male white in his early 20's, wearing a brown Carhartt jacket, blue jeans, and a scarf which obstructed his face. The subject fled on foot southbound Rt. 47 from the scene. Woodstock Police requested a K-9 from Crystal Lake to aid in the investigation. An armed robbery took place at another gas station in Woodstock less than 12 hours prior, police are stating there is no evidence connecting the two.
*Photo courtesy of The Woodstock Independent
There was an attempted robbery with a pellet gun on Anawana Lake Road in Monticello, Wednesday night.
Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty tells YWN Catskills, that two Orthodox women were walking on Anawana Lake Road near Walmart around 10:30PM, when they heard a noise behind them. Before they were able to turn around, one of them felt someone grabbing her pocketbook. They then witnessed a female perpetrator armed with a gun, and struggling to get the pocketbook.
In the struggle, the gun fell to the floor, and the perpetrator fled on foot towards WalMart, where she was seen getting into a small car.
Thankfully, no one was hurt – including their children who were walking with them at the time – and nothing was stolen.
The Sheriff Department responded along with Catskills Hatzolah. Chaboty tells YWN Catskills that the gun used is a pellet gun.
Deputies are investigating the incident, and are looking for a white female with brown hair and a ponytail, wearing a blue jacket with a zipper on the front.
If you have any further information that can assist this investigation, please contact the Sullivan County Sheriff Department.
The security guard wasn't hurt thankfully. They did get some money though - so I assume the robbers are now sat somewhere covered in security dye!
I forwarded one the photos I took at the Barclays bank robbery to The Birstall Post - the local community newspaper.
My photo, complete with credit, was published.
From here: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Raiders-break-cash-machine-Bar...
Intruders smashed their way into a bank and then broke into its cash machine – possibly by filling the device with explosive gas or liquid and igniting it.
Two men targeted the branch of Barclays in Sibson Road, Birstall, at 4am today.
They smashed a window to the side of the cash machine to get into the bank.
Some residents reported hearing a loud bang at around that time, thought to be the cash machine exploding, although police have not confirmed that.
Other residents said they had seen what looked like gas-fuelled cutting equipment left behind at the scene.
A tube from what appeared to be oxyacetylene cannisters could be seen connected to the exterior cash machine.
A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said a “large amount” of cash was stolen. The bank was closed and cordoned off throughout the day as police examined the scene.
Two men were seen leaving the scene in a Vauxhall Vectra which was later found abandoned in nearby Rectory Road, Wanlip.
Police are appealing for information.
A local business owner said: “Some people were saying on Facebook that they heard a loud bang.
“I live nearby but I didn’t hear anything, but it was four o’clock in the morning.
“I saw what looked like oxyacetylene equipment outside the bank in front of the cash machine. I don’t know what they’ve done exactly, but there was no sign of damage outside.”
Another resident said: “There were police all around the bank through the morning and it was closed.
“People are saying these men blew the cash machine apart somehow to open it.
“It sounds like an incredibly dangerous thing to do.”
Detective Constable Clare Moore, who is investigating the incident, urged anyone who heard or saw anything suspicious in Sibson Road please contact police.
“The car was found abandoned a few hours later and has since been recovered for forensic analysis,” she said.
“If you saw someone leaving the vehicle in Rectory Road, Wanlip sometime during the early hours then please get in touch.”
A Barclays spokeswoman said: “I can confirm that an incident involving our cash machine took place.
“As a result, it was necessary to close the branch.”
The bank was expected to open as normal tomorrow.
Contact Det Con Moore on 101 or Crimestoppers, which is anonymous, on 0800 555 111.
On 1/30/13 at approximately 4:34pm, the People's State Bank at 222 W. Commercial Street in the Village of Mazomanie was robbed. Suspect entered the bank and demanded money. No note or weapon displayed or threatened. He fled the area on foot and was not located.
The suspect is described as a white male, with an average height and build, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, aviator style sunglasses and a bandana or other cloth covering his mouth and nose.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Steve Wegner wth the Dane County Sheriff's Office. He can be reached at 608-833-8486 or email wegner.steven@danesheriff.com. You can also contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014 or online at www.tipsubmit.com/WebTips.aspx?AgencyID=142
There was an attempted robbery with a pellet gun on Anawana Lake Road in Monticello, Wednesday night.
Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty tells YWN Catskills, that two Orthodox women were walking on Anawana Lake Road near Walmart around 10:30PM, when they heard a noise behind them. Before they were able to turn around, one of them felt someone grabbing her pocketbook. They then witnessed a female perpetrator armed with a gun, and struggling to get the pocketbook.
In the struggle, the gun fell to the floor, and the perpetrator fled on foot towards WalMart, where she was seen getting into a small car.
Thankfully, no one was hurt – including their children who were walking with them at the time – and nothing was stolen.
The Sheriff Department responded along with Catskills Hatzolah. Chaboty tells YWN Catskills that the gun used is a pellet gun.
Deputies are investigating the incident, and are looking for a white female with brown hair and a ponytail, wearing a blue jacket with a zipper on the front.
If you have any further information that can assist this investigation, please contact the Sullivan County Sheriff Department.