NZer caught up in US bank robbery

[KiwiCoromandel]

NZer caught up in US bank robbery

Mar 24, 2005

A New Zealander and his Australian friend face possible lengthy prison sentences after allegedly robbing a bank at gunpoint in the US ski resort of Vail then trying to flee the country a day later.

New Zealander Anthony Harold Prince and Australian Luke Carroll are being held without bond by federal authorities in Denver.

The pair were caught by a police detective as they passed through a security checkpoint at Denver International Airport. A backpack full of money was found in a rubbish bin outside the airport terminal.

Their arrests came a day after two men wearing ski masks and brandishing guns held up a bank near the base of the Vail ski resort.

[slum_goddess]

A backpack full of money was found in a rubbish bin outside the airport terminal.

oh, for fuck's sake.

[KiwiCoromandel]

gotta watch those fucking kiwis...especially when they`re as stupid as this one...must have been from the South Island.... :bigsmile:

[KiwiCoromandel]

Kiwi teen faces jail on US bank charge

26 March 2005

A New Zealand teenager is facing up to 25 years in a United States jail after he and a friend allegedly netted $NZ174,000 in an armed bank heist at an exclusive ski resort.

New Zealander Anthony Harold Prince and Australian Luke Gabriel Carroll, both 19, were arrested on Wednesday at Denver International Airport as they attempted to flee the country.

The pair have been charged with the armed robbery of a WestStar Bank branch in Vail, Colorado, a popular and expensive ski destination.

Vail detective Ryan Millburn yesterday told The Press the robbers were wearing ski masks and brandishing handguns, possibly BB guns, when they stormed the bank about 10.10am on Monday.

Such incidents were "very unusual" in Vail, he said.

The men confronted two female tellers, threw one of them to the ground and demanded the other open the bank vault and hand over bundles of cash, before fleeing.

"We are very grateful there were no injuries and no shots were fired," Millburn said.

According to the charge sheet filed at the court, the tellers described the robbers as "familiar and speaking with an accent".

A spokesman for the US Attorney's Office in Colorado, Jeff Dorschner, said the pair escaped with about $US132,000 ($NZ174,000). Photos of the pair, who were midway through their second season at Vail, were circulated after the robbery.

A Denver detective had just received copies at Denver International Airport when he spotted Carroll and Prince in line at a security checkpoint.

Read on..........

http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3228179a10,00.html

[method77]

I like bank robbers

[Redneck4sure]

:wha':

Some folks just amaze me. Bank robbery is not a crime that is easily gotten away with. Better luck next time.

[Malicious Intent]

I watch enough CSI to know how to rob a bank.

[Redneck4sure]

I watch enough CSI to know how to rob a bank.

Yeah and I have watched enough Star Trek to fly a spaceship.

[slum_goddess]

(method, i like them as well)

[KiwiCoromandel]

Teen accused bank robbers indicted by US grand jury

26.03.05 3.40pm

Accused teenage bank robbers Luke Carroll and Anthony Prince have lost their first court battle in the United States.

Carroll, a 19-year-old Australian, and Prince, also 19 from New Zealand, have been indicted by a grand jury in the US.

The jury, in a secret hearing in Denver late yesterday, found there "was probable cause" the teenagers armed themselves with BB guns and robbed a bank in the Colorado ski resort town of Vail of approximately US$130,000 (NZ$183,175)

Carroll and Prince, who are locked up in a federal prison in Denver, face up to 25 years in a US prison if convicted of the March 21 robbery of the Weststar Bank.

The FBI has alleged Carroll and Prince confessed to the robbery after their arrest on March 22.

The grand jury was the first test of the US authorities’ case against the Australasian friends, who arrived in America last November and were working in a Vail sports store.

"Individuals charged with a federal offence have a constitutional right to be indicted by a grand jury," US Attorney’s Office spokesman Jeff Dorschner told AAP today.

"A grand jury is nothing more than a group of citizens who sit and hear evidence presented by the government and determine whether based on the evidence presented by the government there is probable cause that the defendants committed the crime as alleged."

The hearing is held in secret.

Carroll and Prince are expected to make their next court appearance on Monday in the US District Court in Denver for a bail hearing.

It is also possible they will be arraigned at the hearing and asked to enter a plea.

The robbery has grabbed the attention of the US media as the accused robbers appeared to have made a number of bumbling mistakes.

Read more......

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10117244