Two geared up robbers dressed as nuns jumped a teller counter in an Ill. financial institution last Sunday. The thieves made off with an undisclosed quantity of cash. The robbery was shockingly similar to last year’s critically acclaimed Ben Affleck film, “The Town.”
Shots not fired during escape
”The Town” style burglary was most recently at the TCF bank. This financial institution is in Palos Heights, Ill. The two thieves, one male and one female, wore rubber masks and traditional nuns’ habits. They were both geared up. They had handguns to them. They stuffed a duffel bag with cash while at the financial institution and before leaving. They left in a Chevrolet with tinted windows. No shots were fired and nobody was hurt.
Looks like Ben Affleck’s movie
There is a town in Boston where armed criminals regularly come from. That is what occurs in Ben Affleck’s “The Town.” Affleck does what he is intended to as the male. He doesn’t like it very much though. In the movie, the burglary uses nun masks and habits also. This is just like Illinois’ burglary. Although no confirmation exists, it is apparent that the robbers might have been inspired by the movie.
Not the first thievery prompted by ‘The Town’
The Affleck movie was imitated before. There were three men wearing Halloween masks in Financial institution of The United States in Delray Beach, Fla., robbing the financial institution on January 4, including 29 year old Lee Lubin, 27 year old Eddie Solomon, and 28 year old Kay Daughin. As robbers stole $67,000 in cash, the bank consumers had to lie on their backs. They fled in a waiting Cadillac, followed by law enforcement and news helicopters. Local Television stations followed and covered them really well. All three men were apprehended within a few hours.
Lubin even said that watching “The Town” gave the men the idea for the burglary.
Articles cited
Pop Eater
popeater.com/2011/06/02/ben-affleck-the-town-chicago-bank-robbery/
Mail OnlineM
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344758/Three-men-dress-Halloween-masks-rob-bank-Florida-inspired-Ben-Affleck-film-The-Town.html
WPBF
wpbf.com/news/26381238/detail.html
‘The Town’ trailer
youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7wcayQQLQ
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