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After an extensive search, the Cambridge police finally nabbed an armed bank robber Friday morning--but only with the help of a camera-wielding civilian...
...Cambridge police officers arrest an accused Bank robber in dramatic fashion after chasing him through Harvard Square. The suspect is carrying a replica gun and is walking towards the same bank he had allegedly robbed two weeks earlier...
...idea of stickups inside some of the world's glossy, high-tech laboratories and computer warehouses is a bit incongruous, unless one considers that computer chips are a robber's dream -- very precious (up to $900 for the newest models) and easy to conceal (the size of matchbooks when sealed inside their cases). And these days they are in high demand: the worldwide market for personal computers grew 8%, to $68 billion, in 1993. The main target of thieves is the Intel 486 chip that powers most new IBM PC and IBM-compatible machines; such chips are now in more...
...high-tech- crime office with a dozen agents in San Jose, California, to clamp down on chip thefts. Among other things, the agents have found a rising threat of heist-related violence. "We're seeing more weapons being used," says special agent Rick Smith. In one stickup a robber put his gun to a chip retailer's head and pulled the trigger, but the weapon failed to fire. "No one's been killed yet," Smith says, "but it's going to happen...
...robber, who police say is a white male about 50 years old, faces a number of charges if he is found, including assault with dangerous weapon, armed robbery, and larceny...