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Ill. bank robber hides in air duct, gets stuck
June 03, 2012
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in an air duct next to the bank. He was wearing a wig of dreadlocks.

CBS Station WBBM reports the bank robber cut through the roof over the bank - six inches of concrete - to get in.

Michael Kaufmann, division chief of the Oak Lawn Police, said the robber dropped down into a secure area of the Bank of America, tied up two employees, and left through the roof with a duffel bag of cash.

Then, Kaufmann said, the robber ran to the roof over a nearby office to hide from police. "He broke a window to get access
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