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FBI: Heist Timed to Holiday Shopping

CLEVELAND (AP) - Three suspects in the theft of about $7.4 million in cash and checks from an armored car company knew an unusually large amount of money would be on hand because of the busy shopping weekend after Thanksgiving, the FBI said. The Friday after Thanksgiving is huge nationally for retailers. It's known as Black Friday, because many stores count on the higher sales to make sure they can operate "in the black," or with a profit. A former employee of the AT Systems International armored car company, his girlfriend and his mother have been charged in the theft, which occurred Nov. 26, three days after the heavy shopping day. Read more...
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