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Supermarket holdup

Supermarket holdup

Date5/15/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Supermarket holdup: Brink's guards Doug Janes; left; and Claude LeClerc; who had a gun pointed at his face; were robbed yesterday of $153;000 in the aisles of the Knob Hill Farms supermarket at Dundas St. W. and Lansdowne Ave. They were carrying the money to their armored truck.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120494F
Daring holdup: An unidentified Brink's employee speaks with a detective after Yorkdale's second Brink's holdup in less than two years
Daring holdup: An unidentified Brink's employee speaks with a detective after Yorkdale's second Brink's holdup in less than two years
Dunlop, Al
3/26/1991
Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
2/19/1983
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/4/1993
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Cooper, David
3/12/1981
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
Getaway car: Robbers abandoned this stolen car at nearby Bathurst Heights Collegiate
Bock, Tony
11/19/1991
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
Lennon, Frank
4/26/1973
William Murrin, 32, Remanded in custody
William Murrin, 32, Remanded in custody
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
7/30/1974
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
Twice unlucky: An alert policeman no sooner nabbed a suspect and got back $1,300 stolen from this bank at Church and Wellesley, when it was hit by a second robber
Spremo, Boris
1/24/1983
At scene: Brink's guard Joe Cete, left, was freed from cuffs by depot's operations manager Tom Chowns
At scene: Brink's guard Joe Cete, left, was freed from cuffs by depot's operations manager Tom Chowns
Faught, Ken
1/22/1991
James Reid, Men seen running across lot
James Reid, Men seen running across lot
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
1/29/1971
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Recovered: Metro police officers stand guard over $3 million stolen yesterday from the Bank of Canada on University Ave
Mahler, John
3/18/1992
Special delviery
Special delviery
Millar, Cal
8/31/1988