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Robbers Wear Nixon Masks, Carry Weapon
POSTED: 5:12 pm EDT October 16,
2007
UPDATED: 5:15 pm EDT October 16,
2007
EUCLID, Ohio -- Two men robbed a bank near Cleveland while Euclid police officers were attending a funeral for a city patrolman killed in a traffic accident. Two men entered the US Bank Monday wearing Richard Nixon masks, brandished a weapon and fled with an undisclosed amount of money. When officers from adjacent communities arrived, the robbers were gone.The officers were attending the funeral of Officer George Brentar, who died last Wednesday in a crash while chasing a speeding motorist.
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