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Tiburon65 · 03-07-2007, 12:41 PM

Man Brandishing Torch Robs Alaska Bank

Posted: Mar. 6 4:10 p.m.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities on Tuesday were looking for a man who robbed a bank in Anchorage while swinging a flaming torch fashioned from a burning T-shirt and a yard-long metal pole. On Monday, the masked robber threatened to set fire to people, including the teller, and burn down the bank building in Fairview if his demands weren't met.
The man stormed the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union branch at about 3:45 p.m., said FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez. He yelled at customers to get down on the floor.
He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, authorities said. All customers managed to flee the bank, authorities said.
Police later recovered the still smoldering shirt outside the bank.
The robber is described as a black man in his late 20s, about 5-foot, 7-inches tall with a medium build. He was wearing a mask covering part of his face, a tan Carhartt jacket and gray sweatshirt, the FBI said.
Gonzalez said that in his more than 15 years at the FBI in Anchorage he could not recall a robber using a torch as a weapon.
This was the state's first bank robbery this year. All but one of the 17 bank robberies in 2006 were solved.

I know some of our fellow members are from the great white north but what's up? Wonder what KOL has been up to lately....

Talk about wanting to light someone up....

USMC-8154TL/DM · 03-07-2007, 12:47 PM

1st all they have to do is follow the foot tracks in the snow.LOL

2nd What did the FBI agent do to get stationed all the way up there?LOL

3rd 17 robberies last year and all solved, not good odds for the robber.

4th Who in their right mind robs a bank or anything with a burning torch.

Thanks for Sharing - To bad KOL wasn't close enough to cap his ass.

jeepinbanditrider · 03-07-2007, 01:35 PM

I think that a better news headline would have been "Crazy torch weilding man fatally wounded when small pieces of lead travelling 1100 feet per second collided with him."

hellagerms · 03-07-2007, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USMC-8154TL/DM

4th Who in their right mind robs a bank or anything with a burning torch.

A US ARMY AIRBORNE RANGER THATS WHO!

fastboy · 03-07-2007, 02:02 PM

Now perhaps Carolyn McCarthy would bring a bill to ban t-shirt, metal pole, and most important of all, fire.

TrunkMonkey · 03-07-2007, 03:35 PM

It's Alaska...

Where the hell are you going to hide?!

sloan1919 · 03-07-2007, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiburon65

robbed a bank in Anchorage while swinging a flaming torch fashioned from a burning T-shirt and a yard-long metal pole.

Who is this guy, the black Macgyver? LOL... He had an IBD, improvised burning device. The strange thing is that he got away.. obivously he wasn't that dumb.

Ray

Palouse · 03-07-2007, 03:55 PM

At 5'7", I would think any self-respecting male would have just tackled the guy.

sloan1919 · 03-07-2007, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palouse

At 5'7", I would think any self-respecting male would have just tackled the guy.

Yeah I don't know if I would have pulled my XD out of the waist band for that one. Seems like a waste of a perfectly good Gold Dot.

Ray

Caribou · 03-08-2007, 06:43 AM

Why didn't anyone just grab a fire extinguisher?

03-07-2007, 12:41 PM	#1
Tiburon65 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 526	Use a Torch, go to Jail: New anti gun slogan? Man Brandishing Torch Robs Alaska Bank Posted: Mar. 6 4:10 p.m. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities on Tuesday were looking for a man who robbed a bank in Anchorage while swinging a flaming torch fashioned from a burning T-shirt and a yard-long metal pole. On Monday, the masked robber threatened to set fire to people, including the teller, and burn down the bank building in Fairview if his demands weren't met. The man stormed the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union branch at about 3:45 p.m., said FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez. He yelled at customers to get down on the floor. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, authorities said. All customers managed to flee the bank, authorities said. Police later recovered the still smoldering shirt outside the bank. The robber is described as a black man in his late 20s, about 5-foot, 7-inches tall with a medium build. He was wearing a mask covering part of his face, a tan Carhartt jacket and gray sweatshirt, the FBI said. Gonzalez said that in his more than 15 years at the FBI in Anchorage he could not recall a robber using a torch as a weapon. This was the state's first bank robbery this year. All but one of the 17 bank robberies in 2006 were solved. I know some of our fellow members are from the great white north but what's up? Wonder what KOL has been up to lately.... Talk about wanting to light someone up.... __________________ XD 45acp You're not living life till you are part of the food chain. I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

03-07-2007, 12:47 PM	#2
USMC-8154TL/DM XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Louisiana Posts: 6,980	1st all they have to do is follow the foot tracks in the snow.LOL 2nd What did the FBI agent do to get stationed all the way up there?LOL 3rd 17 robberies last year and all solved, not good odds for the robber. 4th Who in their right mind robs a bank or anything with a burning torch. Thanks for Sharing - To bad KOL wasn't close enough to cap his ass. __________________ Time is neither fast nor slow - it has been the same since the begining of Time - Originally Quoted By Me Link to my bolt knobs for sale. http://www.bigrivertactical.com/cata...32/5933264.htm or http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/sto...%20BOLT%20KNOB

03-07-2007, 01:35 PM	#3
jeepinbanditrider XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mineral Wells, Tx Posts: 4,835	I think that a better news headline would have been "Crazy torch weilding man fatally wounded when small pieces of lead travelling 1100 feet per second collided with him." __________________ Stuff USPSA-A59201

03-07-2007, 03:35 PM	#6
TrunkMonkey XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 168	It's Alaska... Where the hell are you going to hide?! __________________ Real Men Love 1911s Whoever appeals the law against his fellow man is either a fool or coward. Whoever can not take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I live, I will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven." Such Is The Rule Of Honor. -=Dave=-

03-07-2007, 03:55 PM	#8
Palouse XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On the Palouse Posts: 58	At 5'7", I would think any self-respecting male would have just tackled the guy. __________________ NRA Patron

03-07-2007, 02:02 PM	#5
fastboy XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MI Posts: 1,356	Now perhaps Carolyn McCarthy would bring a bill to ban t-shirt, metal pole, and most important of all, fire.

03-08-2007, 06:43 AM	#10
Caribou XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: S. E. Michigan Posts: 367	Why didn't anyone just grab a fire extinguisher? __________________ CARIBOU “The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution.” —Ronald Reagan

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