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June 5, 2009 10:49 AM

Take The Money And Run... Robbery Suspects Run Out Of Gas

By
Edecio Martinez
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Daily Blotter
(CBS)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) They almost got away with it. They had the money. They had the getaway car. But they forgot one key element important to any bank heist... a full tank of gas.

Authorities say they've arrested two suspected bank robbers after their getaway vehicle ran out of gas.

Daytona Beach police say 38-year-old Randall Fredric Walker went into the Riverside National Bank Tuesday afternoon and demanded money from a teller. After leaving the bank with the money, authorities say Walker jumped into a Jeep Cherokee driven by 35-year-old Jason Warren Dietrich. The two didn't get far before the vehicle ran out of gas.

The men got out of the sport utility vehicle and left the area separately. But police found the abandoned SUV and traced it back to Dietrich, the registered owner.

Both men face bank robbery charges. They were being held on $50,000 bail.
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