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Would-be robber gets shot after female victim takes his gun

Soon after the robbery gone wrong, the suspect was identified by police his bleeding hand and now faces felony attempted murder and robbery charges.

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This drunken armed robber held up the wrong motorist (VIDEO)

One Moscow motorist couldn’t have cared less that he was being robbed at gunpoint. An armed and evidently inebriated robber stopped an oncoming car. The crook, who was barely able to stand, thought he had the upper hand, but quickly learned he had picked the wrong mark, according to the video posted to LiveLeak. Instead […]

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Google street view catches armed robbers moments before home invasion (VIDEO)

An Oklahoma City woman recently found Google street view images of the two men that robbed her at gunpoint three years ago. In July 2011 the unidentified victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, returned to her home to find the two armed suspects in the middle of their robbery. When the robbers spotted the victim, […]

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Robber holds 5- and 9-year-old at gunpoint, steals their bike (VIDEO)

A robber held two children, 5 and 9, at gunpoint and stole one of their bikes in Cleveland Tuesday. The unidentified suspect approached the two brothers as they rode their bikes in their front yard. The robber shoved the 5-year-old off his bike and pulled a gun on the elder brother before making off with […]

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Craigslist robber holds seller at gunpoint, steals $3,250 ring

A Pennsylvania man responding to a Craigslist ad held the seller at gunpoint and stole a men’s ring worth $3,250 Monday. The robber called the seller and said he first wanted to see the 14-karat gold ring with diamonds before purchasing it. He met the seller at his East Hampfield Township apartment around 9:10 p.m. […]

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The moment a 79-year-old Army vet fights off armed robber (VIDEO)

A 79-year-old Army veteran went toe-to-toe with an armed robber at a Florida gas station and came out on top Saturday morning. Marvin Lail was pumping his gas at an Orlando-area 7-Eleven when a man walked up, pulled out a gun, and demanded his wallet. But instead of just handing it over, Lail fought back, […]

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Motorcyclist’s helmet cam catches ambush by bandits on remote Guatemalan trail (VIDEO)

Two motorcyclists were stopped and robbed at gunpoint as they drove through a remote dirt trail in Guatemala April 10. Canadian native Dan Landsborough and his British girlfriend Heidi Burton, both 34, were riding somewhere between Santiago Atitlan and San Pedro La Laguna in Solola when two masked men jumped out from the bushes. One […]

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Customer takes down ‘armed’ man trying to rob pharmacy of prescription drugs (VIDEO)

A masked man armed with nothing but a finger gun tried robbing a Florida pharmacy Sunday, but was taken down by a do-gooding customer. Freddie F. Johnson, 65, donned a mask and walked into a CVS pharmacy in Sarasota. He made his hand in the shape of a gun and stuck it in his pocket, […]

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CCTV of armed robber calmly holding up Philadelphia market (VIDEO)

An armed robber held up a clerk at a Philadelphia market Saturday morning and made off with a handful of cash. The unidentified suspect calmly walked into Kim’s Market around 8:30 a.m. and acted like he was buying a soda. He waited until the clerk opened the register before drawing a pistol from his waistband […]

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7-Eleven clerk disarms masked robber, chases him off (VIDEO)

Two 7-Eleven clerks in San Leandro, California, attacked and disarmed a masked robber Friday night. The clerk, Mark, was working at 7-Eleven when an armed robber donning a ski mask barged in, brandished a gun and demanded money. But the robber was careless and when Mark saw an opportunity to attack, he seized it, KTVU […]

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Australian clerk calls ‘armed robber’s’ bluff (VIDEO)

An Australian clerk called an “armed robber’s” bluff last Tuesday when he flat out refused to give him any money. Steve Ewart, a 46-year-old shopkeeper in Bendigo has been around firearms his entire life. So when a masked robber came in and thrust a gun in his face, he instantly knew it was fake. The […]

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Unarmed 84-year-old former Marine and his mitts took on two armed burglars (VIDEO)

An 84-year-old former Marine was held at gunpoint and burglarized but managed to fend off the two burglars that broke into his Albuquerque home earlier this week. Tom may have woken up to the sight of “a large revolver” held to his face, and he may have been unarmed, but the former Marine quickly sprung […]

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