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Posted: 1/21/2021 11:57:27 PM EDT

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North Hollywood was a bank robbery .

Armored truck was only involved as a rescue vehicle

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They robbed a couple of armored trucks too. IIRC, in one they just immediately shot the driver and took off with whatever he was carrying.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:00:19 AM EDT

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Last year they tried it just outside the bank my daughter worked at. She just locked the guards out of the back door and then heard what she thought was them pounding on the door but was actually gun fire. Looked out the window and saw the robber who was killed hit the ground.

https://iowa.concealedcarry.com/2020/03/13/3-arrested-1-dead-in-failed-armored-car-robbery/

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:03:17 AM EDT

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A member here (or used to be a member) told a story of a shootout when he worked as an armored car guard. Don’t rember who it was.

As for robberies...it wouldn’t take much. A few years ago I was waiting for the wife to check out at the grocery store and watched an overweight female with plumbers crack loading an ATM. She came in with two lock bags and leaned them up against the ATM. Bent over...full moon, she serviced the machine and grabbed one bag to load it. Wife grabbed a Starbucks coffee while hero finished and locked the ATM. She grabbed one bag and walked way. I was curious and walked by the ATM...sure as shit the second lock bag was still leaning there. I told an employee, who stood by the ATM and radioed for another to get the armored car guard. When she came back in all flustered to retrieve the lock bag I could see she was carrying an old Ruger P series in what looked like an Uncle Mikes holster with no retention. I don’t pay much attention to these folks but if she was any indication...

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:05:28 AM EDT

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had some in cegas over the past few years. A buddy works for an armored truck company, said its almost always internal.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/one-clue-helped-fbi-police-solve-daring-armored-truck-heists-2027364/

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:25:04 AM EDT

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Outside ATM are better

Less risk of getting shot
Most places a property crime

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:37:27 AM EDT

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Knew a guy who did it for a while, after he got out of the Army. Told me it was a total shit show, workers barely qualified to carry a gun let alone shoot one. Management that was worse than having 2lts in charge of land nav in the dark on a rainy night. Finally quit due to the danger and management fuck fuck games. During one of my CCW classes we had "Guard" trainees trying to qualify, it was literally the first time they ever handled a handgun and it showed. You would think they would pay decent money for good employees but nope; hence the type they end up with finally say screw it, and decide to take the money and run.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:38:48 AM EDT

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No they dont carry bitcoin.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:40:40 AM EDT

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This you OP?

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/01/21/armored-car-robbery-video/

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:54:27 AM EDT

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I watched a Brinks guy come out of a large retail establishment recently. He seemed oblivious to anything around him as he entered the back of the truck, he had a revolver in a loose drop holster (basketweave), and he had both of his hands full carrying cash bags.

It's a good thing I'm not 5% more criminal minded than I already am, because he was someone I most people here could have taken out without a weapon and the back door of the truck was open and I was already wearing a mask (FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY NOT JUST MY OWN).

These guys get like $11/hr, I doubt they'd put up much of a fight anyway especially if the first thing to happen was getting blindsided by a shopping cart on one side and their firearm getting stolen from them on the other.

I'm surprised it doesn't happen every single day around here, especially with everyone wearing their masks and winter hoods.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:58:44 AM EDT

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lol

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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:08:04 AM EDT

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apparently.

choose a big one i say

Posted: 1/22/2021 1:12:33 AM EDT

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One was robbed in Memphis a few weeks ago. It was an inside job.

Posted: 1/22/2021 1:19:55 AM EDT

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Don't hear about it often here in the US, but it's still a daily thing in SA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoHWFoE9Q4

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HOLEEEEE SHIT. What a day at work.

Posted: 1/22/2021 7:15:07 AM EDT

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HOLEEEEE SHIT. What a day at work.

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Hehe yeah...Takies don't fuck around.

Posted: 1/22/2021 7:16:54 AM EDT

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Are asking for a friend?

Posted: 1/22/2021 7:28:48 AM EDT

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Just a few years ago (maybe 2-3) one local got hot for about $150k so it does happen

Posted: 1/22/2021 7:30:42 AM EDT

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October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery

It was later dubbed the "hillbilly heist" because of the wacky, bizarre details of the case.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:20:37 PM EDT

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October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery

It was later dubbed the "hillbilly heist" because of the wacky, bizarre details of the case.

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Joel Singer did it with class...using a 20mm to blast a hole in a vault (inspiration for thunderbolt and Lightfoot)

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:23:16 PM EDT

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The best was when the one guard left his cell phone in the front, left the back open and unattended to get it and some Latino who carried off a bucket of gold dust.

Not armed robbery, but funny as f*ck. In the old days there were three guards. One drove. One went inside to deliver/pick up the bag and the third watched outside the truck. But all companies got cheap and reduced it to two people.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:31:03 PM EDT

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Cant imagine most routes would be worth the risk anymore. Hardly anyone pays cash in retail transactions these days. Probably better off finding the guy that loads ATMs on a Friday afternoon.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:41:53 PM EDT

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Cant imagine most routes would be worth the risk anymore. Hardly anyone pays cash in retail transactions these days. Probably better off finding the guy that loads ATMs on a Friday afternoon.

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It seems like you’d need inside help just to figure out when the truck was going to be worth robbing.

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:09:39 PM EDT

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It seems like you'd need inside help just to figure out when the truck was going to be worth robbing.

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Cant imagine most routes would be worth the risk anymore. Hardly anyone pays cash in retail transactions these days. Probably better off finding the guy that loads ATMs on a Friday afternoon.

It seems like you'd need inside help just to figure out when the truck was going to be worth robbing.

Which is why typically the big heists are an inside job. Otherwise you risk jacking a truck with $50k in cash and coin along with checks which definitely isn't worth the risk. I suppose you could stake out large casinos and figure out their pick up schedules and net a few hundred grand but to me that isn't worth the risk either.

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:13:25 PM EDT

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Google armored car robbery Houston Tx. Seems like it happens at least once a year here.

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:24:47 PM EDT

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Don't hear about it often here in the US, but it's still a daily thing in SA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoHWFoE9Q4

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Full auto para FAL

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:01:57 PM EDT

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Uh, at least in many places it is the armored car who goes to load the ATMs. My brother used to do it. They made the ATM stops with the armored truck same as the bank stops, etc.

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Probably more lucrative to hit the folks loading ATM machines. Knew someone that worked doing exclusively that. Used personal vehicle and often carried around several $100k in a bag on the front seat. Solo. Was also required to carry a 38spl even though they offered to carry their own 40cal.

That was a scary job and they left as soon as they found something better.

Uh, at least in many places it is the armored car who goes to load the ATMs. My brother used to do it. They made the ATM stops with the armored truck same as the bank stops, etc.

It's an Econoline van many times around here. I've seen it.