Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Robbers Take $200K From Check-Cashing Business

Two masked and armed men stole about $200,000 from a Harlem check cashing operation yesterday morning. The Daily News reports that the suspect, "disguised by black ski masks and hoods and packing handguns," "blitzed a 53-year-old employee as she opened RiteCheck at 2602 Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Witness said, "I thought maybe it was something when they came out with hoods. They walked out. They got in the car. That was it." The employee was not injured, and RiteCheck president Joseph Coleman told the News they would probably beef up security at various locations, "It seems to be a necessity in the current economic situation." Related: Bank robberies re up nationwide and almost one year ago, two men tried to cash their dead friend's check...and brought the dead body to the check cashing storefront.

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