How is this robbery?

[ManyBeers]

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Police: 2 Young Women Rob Ga. Bank
February 28, 2007 2:56 PM EST

ACWORTH, Ga. - Georgia authorities Wednesday were searching for two young women, possibly teenagers, who robbed a supermarket bank branch, laughing as they held up a teller with nothing but sunglasses to disguise their faces.

The two handed a Bank of America branch teller a note demanding cash, smiled as they waited and then walked out with stolen money Tuesday, police said.

It wasn't clear if they had a weapon, police said.

Their images, captured on bank surveillance video during the 12:15 p.m. robbery Tuesday, were released by police and had already led to several tips, Cobb County police spokesman officer Wayne Delk said. Authorities have not said how much money was taken, but Delk said it is "considerable."

Police said the two could be as young as 16. Witnesses were unable to tell investigators whether they left in a car.

The store is in a strip mall in an upscale west Cobb residential neighborhood, about 28 miles north of Atlanta.

Delk said one of the girls appears to be laughing in a bank surveillance camera image - as though "it's all fun and games to them."

Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

Update

I was going to point this possibility out in my original post but never got around to it. Fantastic.

Would this be conspiracy to commit fraud?

 

[mundane]

I'm under the impression that tellers are instructed to comply with 'robbers', even if no weapons are visible. The threat of force is implied.

 

[KLin]

Stupid teenagers. I hope they find them and charge them as adults. :roll:

 

[FoBoT]

they took money that didn't belong to them


duh

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

Exactly. By handing a note demanding money, that'd likely be taken as display of force.

Also, as another poster mentioned, tellers are usually instructed (AFAIK) to comply with these types of demands with minimal questions asked.

 

[Shlong]

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[NuAlphaMan]

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

Exactly. By handing a note demanding money, that'd likely be taken as display of force.

Also, as another poster mentioned, tellers are usually instructed (AFAIK) to comply with these types of demands with minimal questions asked.

Well, they should have tripped a silent alarm or something. From the sounds of it, they weren't doing anything that posed a threat to the teller.

It's robbery because they took the money.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: mundane
I'm under the impression that tellers are instructed to comply with 'robbers', even if no weapons are visible. The threat of force is implied.

What if the girls had no weapon of any kind, what then were their intentions?robbery?

 

[JS80]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0228072bank1.html

lol they are hotties

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

That's what makes me so mad about this article, too much information is missing. Especially the contents of the note.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Shlong
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CNN Article

They look real threatening,

 

[BooGiMaN]

first off i doubt the police will release the details of the note, since it might prove useful in their investigation...


as for explicit threat of force...the note could have said we have a gun and will kill you unless you had over the money....

 

[2Dead]

If the note said "May I please have some money" and the teller gave them some, is it robbery?

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: NuAlphaMan

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

Exactly. By handing a note demanding money, that'd likely be taken as display of force.

Also, as another poster mentioned, tellers are usually instructed (AFAIK) to comply with these types of demands with minimal questions asked.

Well, they should have tripped a silent alarm or something. From the sounds of it, they weren't doing anything that posed a threat to the teller.

It's robbery because they took the money.

If nobody in that bank was threatened in any way didn't the bank willingly give money away.

 

[FoBoT]

i would have thrown a brick at them


i hope they enjoy FPMITAP !

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

That's what makes me so mad about this article, too much information is missing. Especially the contents of the note.

Well, unless the "note" was a withdrawal slip... then I think the girls need a better lawyer than you.

 

[Tobolo]

Wow these chicks are hot. They are going to get loved on in Jail.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
first off i doubt the police will release the details of the note, since it might prove useful in their investigation...


as for explicit threat of force...the note could have said we have a gun and will kill you unless you had over the money....

THis story begs the question of what would happen (legality -wise) if you handed the teller a note saying "please hand over the money"

If you ask someone for something (no weapons, no threat made) and they give it to you, is it robbery?

Otherwise, I recall a story not so long ago about how the FBI is getting pissed at banks for their (easy) policies causing an increase in bank robberies.

Fern

 

[pontifex]

i think you've had too manybeers

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Fern

THis story begs the question of what would happen (legality -wise) if you handed the teller a note saying "please hand over the money"

it would still be theft, you can't take something that doesn't belong to you

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
first off i doubt the police will release the details of the note, since it might prove useful in their investigation...


as for explicit threat of force...the note could have said we have a gun and will kill you unless you had over the money....

The note could of said a lot of things. It's just a note. Notes don't kill people.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
they took money that didn't belong to them


duh

It seems to me if their is no overt threat of harm to bank employees then the money was just given away.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: ManyBeers

Originally posted by: ahurtt

Originally posted by: ManyBeers


Without an explicit threat of force, how is this robbery. It sound like the teller just handed them money with no threat of any kind.

The article didn't say what the note they handed the teller said. So you don't know there was no explicit threat of force.

That's what makes me so mad about this article, too much information is missing. Especially the contents of the note.

Well, unless the "note" was a withdrawal slip... then I think the girls need a better lawyer than you.

I don't care what you think.

 

[OutHouse]

why wouldnt it be robbery?