Word: lootings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mother's feet and ankles as he lay in infancy on the floor. Colorfully sketched relations come and go, their idiosyncratic histories often beguiling in themselves -- especially vivid is the dying great-grandfather who caught the new rabbi robbing him of his life's savings and pummeled the loot out of him -- but only occasionally do they illumine the writer's developing spirit...
Biff Souterman, the guard on duty at the time, was puzzled about how the loot, worth over $45,000, could have been taken out of the yard without his knowledge...
Once you got over the loot stage, Hallowe'en wasn't the same, though. No free candy, the costumes all became tacky, and the plastic decorations in the dining hall the same, except for the added layer of dust. Trick or drink sounds promising, but how many variations can you do on black and orange liquor...
Though he is now serving an eight-year jail sentence, Candelairo is still trying to make a killing from the caper. He has filed a lawsuit claiming that his injuries from the booby-trapped loot entitle him to $2 million in damages. Stanford Law Professor Marc Franklin says Candelairo could have a case "if he can prove that the intent of the bank was to cause him physical injury." "The punishment for bank robbery," he adds, "isn't maiming...
...ripping a screen and prying open a ground-floor window, they entered the Lily Furgerson Child Development Center in Waterloo, Iowa, and swiftly made off with $350 worth of goods. But the weekend burglary had a twist. The robbers were three small children ages 4, 5 and 7. The loot: three fancy tricycles...