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GPS helps nab bank robbers
Guess the exploding dye pack is passé. Edited for brevity.A male bank-robbery suspect and his crafty female accomplice were nabbed by law-enforcement authorities yesterday in Montgomery County [PA] with the help of a satellite tracking device, sources say. The female sidekick almost got away with the loot - she was hiding in an Lower Providence Arbyâs restroom with the black-zippered booty - but an alert restaurant employee tipped off authorities, sources say. "Crafty"? So she likes macramé? Earlier, the male suspect entered the National Penn Bank, on Main Street in Royersford, and handed the teller a "threatening note" demanding money, said FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi. He then fled the bank and boarded the SEPTA Route 99 bus headed to Norristown, sources said. Authorities followed the money with the help of a global-positioning system, or a GPS, which had been placed in the bag by the bank teller, sources said. When Royersford police pulled over the bus on Egypt Road in Lower Providence, the device stopped moving - meaning it was on board, sources said. Nice as the story is, it would seem pretty easy to block out reception of GPS signals and render the device useless. The GPS signals donât penetrate indoors or even inside vehicles that well without an external antenna. Thatâs also why I think those GPS bracelets theyâre marketing to help track children wonât work in malls, arenas, etc. Posted by: Dar 2004-02-07 |
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