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The “dinnertime bandit” pulled off his thefts with stealth and precision, clad in black clothes as he scaled columns to slip into the second-story windows at homes of the wealthy and make off with jewelry, authorities said.On Friday, after nine years...
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A jury on Wednesday convicted the man dubbed the “Dinnertime Bandit” for robbing wealthy homes in the evening, when residents kept their alarms off.
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A Connecticut jury has convicted the man dubbed the “dinnertime bandit” for robbing wealthy homes in the evening while residents were eating dinner.
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In this photo released Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, by the Chicago office of the FBI, is an individual described by agents as a white male, 40 to 45 years old and with a “heavy build,” who robbed the Charter One Bank in suburban Alsip, Ill., on Sept. 11,...
