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Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background

Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background

Date3/12/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0120543F
      Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist
      Death car: Police set up barriers around a crashed getaway car after a robber killed his accomplice and himself after a botched heist
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/12/1992
      Pummelled to the Ground by a young robber who stole his watch while an accomplice looked on, Arthur Collings is helped by Police Cadet Richard Lackey.(...)
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      Lennon, Frank
      9/1/1971
      They chased two armed robbers at high speeds over gravel roads yesterday while relaying directions to police and dodging a blazing shotgun. Craig Roge(...)
      They chased two armed robbers at high speeds over gravel roads yesterday while relaying directions to police and dodging a blazing shotgun. Craig Roge(...)
      Brennan, Pat
      11/24/1976
      Bullet-peppered car: Police check getaway car, its rear windows shot out and windshield bullethole-ridden, after a shootout early today with three holdup suspects in Etobicoke
      Bullet-peppered car: Police check getaway car, its rear windows shot out and windshield bullethole-ridden, after a shootout early today with three holdup suspects in Etobicoke
      Spremo, Boris
      1/24/1990
      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
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      Spremo, Boris
      1/24/1983
      Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
      Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
      Madonik, Rick
      6/10/1991
      Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
      Double check: A police officer uses a mirror on a stick to check the interior of a van while another covers him after a suspect, below, who was sleeping in the van is bundled into a paddy wagon
      Madonik, Rick
      6/10/1991
      Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
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      Russell, Jim
      7/9/1985
      Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
      Windows shattered: A police officer looks through windows on the driver and passenger side of a van shot out by a shotgun blast yesterday, after a gun was pointed at a policeman
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/18/1987
      Chased off attackers: Guy Smart, 73, shows how he was beaten over the head with a steel ashtray by robbers who burst into his apartment
      Chased off attackers: Guy Smart, 73, shows how he was beaten over the head with a steel ashtray by robbers who burst into his apartment
      Brazao, Dale
      11/3/1982
      Regal Embrace (8), ridden by Sandy Hawley, holds off fast-closing Overskate for neck victory in Queen's Plate
      Regal Embrace (8), ridden by Sandy Hawley, holds off fast-closing Overskate for neck victory in Queen's Plate
      Spremo, Boris
      6/24/1978
      A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
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      Dutton, Don
      5/10/1973