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Cops Say Taylor’s Alley Affiliates Responsible For Robbery
posted (July 31, 2015)

The robbery happened in Precinct 4, and police have been doubling down - trying to identify the suspects in the security video.

Their commanding Officer told us that police have made major progress in locating the perpetrators, whose faces were seen in the bank's surveillance footage. He discussed the information that they've been able to find out so far:

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"The first call came in around 8:40am that a robbery was going on at the First Caribbean Bank at San Cas Plaza. Police officers from the station, which included uniformed officers as well as members of my strike team, was dispatch to the area and it was discovered that indeed a robbery had taken place. The information that I have received from my investigators who are still on the scene and working the scene interviewing and reviewing and canvassing for the information, is that 3 male persons of dark complexion, enter the bank, taking the security guard who was stationed outside the bank inside the bank. At that time they ordered the persons who are doing business in the bank as well as workers to go down to the ground, which my information is that they all complied going down to the ground."

Daniel Ortiz
"Can you reveal to us if they got away with any money?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"Yes, I can inform you that monies were stolen from the bank."

Reporter
"Any idea how much money?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"Not at this time and I do not know that I will disclose it whenever it come here. But money was stolen from the bank."

Reporter
"Can you say whether or not the ban security camera was operational?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"Yes, cameras were operational and it has been helpful so far with the police officers in identifying some persons that have already been taken into custody."

Reporter
"How many persons were taken into custody?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"So far we have 3 persons taken into custody, as a part of this investigation."

Reporter
"My information is that the robbers had a green van waiting outside. Can you confirm this?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"Yes, there was a green van that was seen to be a part of the robbery."

Daniel Ortiz
"Sir, can you tell us if these persons will be charged or are they just being investigated at this time?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"At this time the investigation is continuing. It is very likely that will be charged for a portion of the robbery or the other. The persons that we have in custody, are the persons that are the suspects of the camera that have been revealed so far as well as citizens in the area are all known to police. All the names that have come up in the investigation so far is known to the police."

Reporter
"Can you say if these persons are gang related and if any of the monies that were stolen has been recovered?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"At this moment I cannot say if any of the monies were recovered. We are still in some hot searches for what should be the monies that were stolen."

So, why was the police so late in responding this time around? There is a police booth in the San Cas Plaza area, and an officer was on duty at the time. We asked Superintendent Flowers if the officer was sleeping on the job. Here's what he had to say in response:

Daniel Ortiz
"Can you tell us about this police booth, was it functional? Was an officer there? Could they have assisted in trying to prevent or interdict this robbery while it was in progress?"

Supt. Linden Flowers, OC, Police Precinct 4
"Yes, an officer was at the booth that is located at the roundabout on the San Cas compound and an officer was stationed there and his report so far is that the quickness of when it occurred he was not alerted until after the robbery had taken place."

Daniel Ortiz
"Is that an acceptable excuse? Is that an acceptable reason for not being involved or trying to prevent or stop this crime in progress?"

Supt. Linden Flowers
"At the moment except if other things arise, because of the location, there were a number of persons moving around, I am still doing some investigation into that. But I will say that I have told the officer that he needs to be more alert. So I want to see more alertness in the area - but it could have happened."

Police have detained three of the five suspects - who are affiliated with the Taylor's Alley Gang. As we noted they reportedly got off with a hundred thousand dollars - but the bank has not confirmed this.

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