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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
3/26/1991
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
3/12/1981
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
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
11/4/1993
Canadian Bank of Commerce in Brantford, Ontario
Canadian Bank of Commerce in Brantford, Ontario
12/24/1932
The bank that was robbed becomes a part of the lower lobby of Union Station when six glass doors slide aside to open it for business. It is on the nor(...)
The bank that was robbed becomes a part of the lower lobby of Union Station when six glass doors slide aside to open it for business. It is on the nor(...)
10/18/1972
Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)
Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)
10/18/1972
Wearing leg chain, and with his hands handcuffed behind his back, bank robbery suspect is led away by policemen
Wearing leg chain, and with his hands handcuffed behind his back, bank robbery suspect is led away by policemen
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ne of Bank Hold-Up
ne of Bank Hold-Up
1/5/1973
$6,744,170.35 worth of Cheques and money orders, stolen yesterday in Mettro's biggest bank haul in 20 years, are examined by Detective Sgt. Ken Wilkin(...)
$6,744,170.35 worth of Cheques and money orders, stolen yesterday in Mettro's biggest bank haul in 20 years, are examined by Detective Sgt. Ken Wilkin(...)
2/26/1970
At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
At scene of shooting yesterday where a man using a sawed-off shotgun traded shots with four policemen who had cornered him near Eglinton Ave. and Birc(...)
3/23/1972
Money flew Like Feathers police say, when they opened a small metal trunk after a raid on a Highway 27 motel last night and seized more than $180,000 (...)
Money flew Like Feathers police say, when they opened a small metal trunk after a raid on a Highway 27 motel last night and seized more than $180,000 (...)
12/21/1971