Full-size cardboard figure causes NJ bank standoff
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mistaken_standoff;_ylt=AsQ2ABkmOuwVTnFei...
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A standoff at a New Jersey bank is over after police learned a "person" seen inside was actually a full-size cardboard figure.
Officers went to the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township on Thursday night after an alarm went off. They saw what they thought was at least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its blinds drawn.
The area was sealed off and three nearby apartment buildings were evacuated as a precaution. Meanwhile, authorities used bullhorns and made telephone calls in a bid to make contact with whoever might be in the bank.
After repeatedly failing to get a response, a SWAT team entered the building and discovered the cardboard figure.
It was not immediately clear what set off the bank alarm
Officers went to the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township on Thursday night after an alarm went off. They saw what they thought was at least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its blinds drawn.
The area was sealed off and three nearby apartment buildings were evacuated as a precaution. Meanwhile, authorities used bullhorns and made telephone calls in a bid to make contact with whoever might be in the bank.
After repeatedly failing to get a response, a SWAT team entered the building and discovered the cardboard figure.
It was not immediately clear what set off the bank alarm
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nvoutback
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I just wonder if the cops have to pay for breaking in to bust the cardboard dude
- 3 years ago
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nvoutback
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Rollin7s
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only in jersey!
- 3 years ago
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Rollin7s
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artist220
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Hahaha. The cops got Punk'd
- 3 years ago
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artist220
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SMUTBAGS
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hilarious.i read a similar story about an arnold swarchenegger cut out that almost got arrested for "leering at children for hours out of the window of an office building a few floors up"
- 3 years ago
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SMUTBAGS
