SorcererMickey
January 10th, 2006, 17:54
Another Bank Robbery Hostage Released
POSTED: 10:37 am EST January 10, 2006
UPDATED: 3:04 pm EST January 10, 2006
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Police said two armed robbery suspects have released another hostage from a bank in Osceola County.
Images from Chopper 2 showed a woman exiting the bank and running toward police at about 2:55 p.m. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the woman was one of the hostages.
The suspects also released a man at about 12:30 p.m. after negotiations with police. The man, who is a bank employee, told authorities that two armed suspects were holding at least two other hostages inside the bank. He said no one has been injured.
At about 2:50 p.m., a man walked out of the bank, walked over to a parked car and pulled it up to the bank's front door. The car is now partially on the sidewalk and partially in the parking lot. The man then walked back inside the bank, which is in a strip mall.
It's happening at the Mercantile Bank at 7801 West U.S. Highway 192. A bank employee called police at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a "possible armed robbery," police said.
Hostage negotiators and SWAT teams are on the scene, and there have been no reports of any injuries or any shots being fired at this point.
The sheriff's office has closed U.S. 192 between Formosa Gardens Boulevard and Black Lake Road.
A Quality Inn, a TGI Friday's and a Cracker Barrel in the area are under lockdown. All three businesses are in the 7700 and 7800 blocks of U.S. 192. A Cracker Barrel manager said that there are some customers inside, but they have locked their doors and are not letting anyone else in or out.
The area is in a busy tourist area just south of Walt Disney World and west of Interstate 4, in the Westgate area.
The same bank was robbed on Nov. 16. A man and woman, who still have not been caught, walked in that day and robbed the bank. It's not known yet whether Tuesday's incident is at all connected to that robbery.
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Located about 1-1/2 miles from where I work, US192 is closed and we are not allowed to leave for lunch if headed in direction of US192. We can see the helicopters hovering overhead.
Deputies Investigate Possible Hostage Situation At Bank
POSTED: 10:37 am EST January 10, 2006
UPDATED: 11:40 am EST January 10, 2006
Police are on the scene of a possible armed bank robbery in Osceola County.
There are an "unknown" number of suspects and an "unknown if any" number of hostages, according to a spokeswoman for the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
It's happening at the Mercantile Bank at 7801 west U.S. Highway 192.
The spokeswoman said earlier that some employees are still inside with the suspects, but hostage negotiators and SWAT teams are on the scene, and there's been no official word yet about who exactly is inside the bank.
There have been no reports of any injuries or any shots being fired at this point.
The bank is near the old Splendid China location. The sheriff's office has closed U.S. 192. A Quality Inn, a TGI Friday's and a Cracker Barrel in the area are under lockdown. All three businesses are in the 7700 and 7800 blocks of U.S. 192.
A Cracker Barrel manager said that there are some customers inside, but they have locked their doors and are not letting anyone else in or out.
The area is just south of Walt Disney World and west of Interstate 4, in the Westgate area.
A bank employee called police at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a "possible armed robbery," police said.
Source: http://www.wesh.com/news/5975098/detail.html
POSTED: 10:37 am EST January 10, 2006
UPDATED: 3:04 pm EST January 10, 2006
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Police said two armed robbery suspects have released another hostage from a bank in Osceola County.
Images from Chopper 2 showed a woman exiting the bank and running toward police at about 2:55 p.m. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the woman was one of the hostages.
The suspects also released a man at about 12:30 p.m. after negotiations with police. The man, who is a bank employee, told authorities that two armed suspects were holding at least two other hostages inside the bank. He said no one has been injured.
At about 2:50 p.m., a man walked out of the bank, walked over to a parked car and pulled it up to the bank's front door. The car is now partially on the sidewalk and partially in the parking lot. The man then walked back inside the bank, which is in a strip mall.
It's happening at the Mercantile Bank at 7801 West U.S. Highway 192. A bank employee called police at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a "possible armed robbery," police said.
Hostage negotiators and SWAT teams are on the scene, and there have been no reports of any injuries or any shots being fired at this point.
The sheriff's office has closed U.S. 192 between Formosa Gardens Boulevard and Black Lake Road.
A Quality Inn, a TGI Friday's and a Cracker Barrel in the area are under lockdown. All three businesses are in the 7700 and 7800 blocks of U.S. 192. A Cracker Barrel manager said that there are some customers inside, but they have locked their doors and are not letting anyone else in or out.
The area is in a busy tourist area just south of Walt Disney World and west of Interstate 4, in the Westgate area.
The same bank was robbed on Nov. 16. A man and woman, who still have not been caught, walked in that day and robbed the bank. It's not known yet whether Tuesday's incident is at all connected to that robbery.
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Located about 1-1/2 miles from where I work, US192 is closed and we are not allowed to leave for lunch if headed in direction of US192. We can see the helicopters hovering overhead.
Deputies Investigate Possible Hostage Situation At Bank
POSTED: 10:37 am EST January 10, 2006
UPDATED: 11:40 am EST January 10, 2006
Police are on the scene of a possible armed bank robbery in Osceola County.
There are an "unknown" number of suspects and an "unknown if any" number of hostages, according to a spokeswoman for the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
It's happening at the Mercantile Bank at 7801 west U.S. Highway 192.
The spokeswoman said earlier that some employees are still inside with the suspects, but hostage negotiators and SWAT teams are on the scene, and there's been no official word yet about who exactly is inside the bank.
There have been no reports of any injuries or any shots being fired at this point.
The bank is near the old Splendid China location. The sheriff's office has closed U.S. 192. A Quality Inn, a TGI Friday's and a Cracker Barrel in the area are under lockdown. All three businesses are in the 7700 and 7800 blocks of U.S. 192.
A Cracker Barrel manager said that there are some customers inside, but they have locked their doors and are not letting anyone else in or out.
The area is just south of Walt Disney World and west of Interstate 4, in the Westgate area.
A bank employee called police at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to report a "possible armed robbery," police said.
Source: http://www.wesh.com/news/5975098/detail.html