Results tagged “holdup”

Worse bank trip ever: A woman headed to her HSBC at 5 Penn Plaza and found herself in the middle of a bank robbery. So she tweeted it: "my bank was just held up- with me in it. HSBC 34 and 8. also my whole trackball is GONE!!! im locked in the bank still." She continued with updates: "they want to question us. i didnt even notice this gappenning while i was standing there," "cant figure out how to call work without a trackball... police just arrived. maybe theyll let me go now," and "they wont let us leave the bank." Her most recent Tweet: "Thanks Tmobile for providing help with my shitty phone while im stick in a bank hold up. thats sarcasm." Well, the upside is she's safe. The downside is that TV shows and Hollywood will have to incorporate Twittering hostages when depicting bank robberies. Update: Hopefully the witnesses can all leave now—Tweeting witness says "they totally got the guy. cop said he was lazy. walked right into several Penn station security cams."

In broad daylight, a group of masked robbers stole over $27,000 from a travel agency in Chinatown. May Chow owner of Golden Express Agency, which runs a low cost bus line and is located at 15 Division Street, told the NY Times, "One of them jumped over the counter and said: ‘This is a holdup, I’m not kidding. Where is the safe?’ I told him there is no safe in the office.” She brought them money from her bag, but the robbers, who seemed to be aged 14 to 19, spotted envelopes with money from the weekend's earnings. The robbers tied up the employees, cutting Chow's face in the process, and told them not to attempt to get help any time soon. But the victims managed to break free and call the police. Chow doesn't believe the robbery was related to bus line competition, "I think it’s just random. They’re really young guys.”