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By Elisa Glushefski
Published: May 28, 2008
Woman nearly robbed during evening deposit
A 45-year-old woman was nearly robbed while making a night deposit at a bank in the 16100 block of Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge, said Officer Erika Hernandez, Prince William police spokeswoman.
The incident occurred around 1:40 a.m. when a masked person armed with a gun demanded money from the woman, Hernandez said.
The woman dropped the bag in the deposit box, police said.
The would-be robber fled after realizing that the victim couldn't get the deposit bag out of the box, Hernandez said.
Police said the woman was not injured during the attempted robbery.
Front doors smashed in Manassas break-ins
Manassas City police are investigating two business break-ins in which the front doors were smashed out.
Officers responded to an alarm sounding at Liana's Restaurant at 9780 Zimbro Ave. around 2:05 a.m. Tuesday, according to a police news release.
Police said the door was smashed out, setting the alarm off and apparently scaring away the burglar.
Officers searched the business and the area, but were unable to find the burglar, the release states.
The other occurred at Double Eagle Voice & Data Systems LLC, 8649 Phoenix Drive, between 5 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
According to police, the burglar smashed out the front door window to unlock the deadbolt.
The thief stole an Apple MacBook laptop computer valued at $3,250.
Anyone with information about either of these break-ins is asked to call Manassas City Crime Solvers at 703-330-0330. Callers don't have to give their names, just the information, and could earn up to a $1,000 cash reward.
—Elisa Glushefski
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Posted by ( JoeDaBeast ) on May 30, 2008 at 6:10 am
Unfortunately, all too often, people get so complacent, that they do not observe their surroundings. She is lucky that the robber (who surprisingly was NOT described) was not a crack head, suffering from severe withdrawal, that would have beat her to a bloody pulp with the belief that she did that (dropped the deposit in the box instead of giving it to the robber) on purpose. Next time, she should drive around the drop-off point and see if they notice anything, then go to the box. You’d be amazed how being a harder target scares “them” away.
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Posted by ( drwho ) on May 29, 2008 at 4:59 am
A lone woman making money bags drops at 1:40am along route 1 needs to rethink that poorly thought out plan.
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