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A security camera shows an armed suspect jumping on the hood of a car and demanding money from T.D. Bank customer who was making a night deposit.
Two armed robberies in two towns occur within an hour of each other No arrests; police can’t say yet whether the two cases are connected BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — Two armed robberies late Wednesday — one in Madison, one in North Conway where a police commissioner’s relative was the victim — have authorities searching for suspects and asking for the public’s help.
It also has Conway police officials saying once again the department is understaffed after an offi cer had to release a man who had just been arrested on drugs charges in order to respond to one of the armed robberies. The fi rst incident occurred at the T.D. Bank at the intersection of routes 16 and 302 at roughly 9:21 p.m. when a relative
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of police commissioner Theresa Kennett drove up to the night deposit box to make a deposit. Bank cameras were rolling as man wearing a black bandanna over his face jumped on the hood of the car brandishing a pistol and demanded the money. The
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EFFINGHAM — A major Wall Street bank is apologizing to a Maine couple who allege that the bank wrongfully claimed ownership of their second home on Green Mountain Road in Effi ngham. But the apology rings hollow for the Drew family. Apparently, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
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