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| Man Arrested For Threatening Schools To Rob Bank |
| By thenewstribune.com |
| Published: 10/22/2010 |
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The request was clear: $10,000, or bombs would detonate at five Spokane elementary schools. Police say that phone call to a north Spokane bank turned out to be nothing more than a poorly executed crime by a convicted bank robber who led detectives to his doorstep. "It's like out of a bad movie," said Officer Jennifer DeRuwe, Spokane Police Department spokeswoman. "The sad thing is we do have to treat it as real, because the reality is this stuff happens." Now police are recommending six felony charges against Donnell L. Winston, 37, for the Oct. 14 phone call to Inland Northwest Bank, 518 W. Francis Ave. The threat from a blocked telephone number put all schools in Spokane County on high alert, but police had little trouble identifying Winston as a suspect: Investigators saw him pick up a package left at the cash drop spot by an undercover police detective. Read More. Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/21/1390959/spokane-arrest-made-in-phoned.html#ixzz131l5rIG7 |
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