Repeat offenders treated harshly
It’s true, you can’t be thrown in prison for 10 years for robbing a cash advance loans store. However, the situation is different if you have already served time for robbery before. A man who robbed a payday loan store in Minnesota at gun point has been [...]
Payday loan robbers abound
The payday loan police have been pretty busy lately, tracking down and locking up men who are suspected of robbing multiple businesses, including several payday loan stores.
The first payday loan store robbery story I have for you comes out of Indiana, where a man is accused of [...]
Crime spree in Wichita
Wichita Police believe that the same man committed five payday loan store robberies in the city this month. The man possibly has an accomplice, but this surveillance photo was released of the man thought to be involved in all five robberies.
Police say:
In each occurrence, the suspect enters the [...]
Not your average payday loan store robbery
I have written a lot of posts about payday loan store robberies, and most of them go like this:
Some guy robbed a payday loan store in some state. Police are seeking him.
However, a robber in California recently was so determined to get away with [...]
One payday loan store robbed
It seems that payday loan stores still haven’t coughed up the money to invest in equipment such as surveillance cameras and other security devices.
According to a local NBC affiliate, the same man attempted to rob two payday loan stores over the weekend in Wichita, Kansas. It [...]
Employee left alone in store
A Check into Cash store in Crown Point, Indiana, was robbed Thursday. There was only one employee in the store at the time.
Armed robber
The employee reports that the robber pointed a handgun at him and demanded he empty the cash drawer. After the cash was put [...]
Police seek two suspects
This afternoon a business in Virginia became the next victim in a growing trend of robberies aimed at payday loan stores. Police and witnesses say that just before 3 p.m. E.T., two males entered the building.
Robbers armed with handgun
Witnesses say one of the men approached the counter [...]
Police seek suspect
Prince William County police in Virginia have released photos of a payday loan store robber in hopes that the man will be caught.
The robbery occurred a couple of weeks ago in Manasass at Fast Auto Loans and Payday Loans.
Robber carried knife
Police say the man in the video who [...]
Gun? Check. Baby? Check.
I guess this pair of robbers couldn’t get a baby-sitter. The most recent in a string of nationwide payday loan store robberies had an interesting twist.
The man who demanded money at the Texas payday loan store held a gun. The woman with him, his suspected accomplice, held [...]
Suspects still at large
A robbery in Moreno Valley at an Advance America payday loan store was captured on video, thanks to the company’s security cameras. Though the tapes caught the two men involved in the crime on film, the police haven’t identified them yet.
Video released
Stills from the video cameras have [...]
The robbery trend continues
Another payday loan store has been held up by robbers, this time is Waukegan, Ill., near Chicago.
Police say they are seeking two men. The robbery occurred Tuesday shortly before 10 a.m.
What went down
Witnesses say one man waved a gun in the air while another went behind the [...]
Man robs hotels, payday loans store
Police in Mesa, Ariz., are seeking a man who began a string of robberies at a payday loans store. The same suspect is believed to have robbed three hotels and a drug store.
The crime spree begins
The string of robberies began Feb. 6 at the payday [...]
Payday Loan store robberies continue
It seems robbers out there are getting wise to the fact that other robbers are hitting up payday loan stores and getting away with it. After a string of robberies last month, another store has been held up at gunpoint.
Wielding a gun in Wichita
Police in Wichita, [...]
Getting Away With Murder, Getting Life for Robbery
Payday loans can get you out of a lot of trouble. If you have been a reader of this blog, you have read of the emergencies and financially safe ways people can use them to get out of trouble. There is not [...]