THREE ''no-guns'' banks, and a customer in another, robbed around Ohio this week

It's been yet another dangerous week for customers of "no-guns" banks in Ohio.

Just days after a Columbus police officer was killed in a Fifth Third bank in that city, two more Fifth Third branches were robbed. And as the first report reveals, the long list of robberies in these unsafe businesses is likely much longer, but are not always reported in the newspapers.

· Cleveland Fifth Third Robbery
On Monday, January 10, an OFCC supporter notified us that the Fifth Third Bank on Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights was robbed at about 5pm by two males. The supporter remarked that "it will not appear in the news, as the bank across the street was robbed recently in 2004 and did not appear."

· Cincinnati Fifth Third Robbery
A dangerous car chase started after police received a report of bank robbery at the Fifth Third bank branch inside the Kroger store at 4100 Hunt Road at 10:58 a.m. The robber demanded money and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash. "He indicated he had a gun and would use it," Blue Ash Police Lt. Dennis Boone told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

When reading this next story, keep in mind that the OFCC supporter who submitted it reports that Consumer National Bank posts "no-guns" signs. Is there any wonder why the criminal felt he could be so casual?

· Hanoverton "no-guns" bank robbery
The Lorain Morning Journal reported this week that a Consumers National Bank was robbed Monday afternoon by a white male with a handgun. The suspect, who wasn't wearing a mask, entered the bank located on U.S. Route 30 at 3:40 p.m. and approached a female teller. "He just walked in very casually, leaned over and said 'Give me your money,' " Detective Jerry Herbert of the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office told the newspaper. (emphasis added) The dumbfounded clerk stood there stunned, which prompted the robber to say, "I'm not kidding," Herbert said. The Morning Journal reports the robber had a dark-blue handgun he was carrying in a hand, which he showed to the clerk to get her moving. The clerk handed her money over to the suspect, who walked out the door and turned east.

As you read about this bank customer's misfortune, kbear in mind that First National Bank renders all customers defenseless by posting "no-guns" signs.

· "No-guns" bank customer robbed
The Sandusky Register reported this week that the customer (of a "no-guns" bank) was robbed while making bank deposit. Perkins Township Police told the newspaper a customer making a deposit at a Perkins Township bank was the victim of
an armed robbery Sunday night. The Register story indicated a report of a robbery in progress at First National Bank, 4416 Milan Road, was called into Perkins police on Sunday. Chief Tim McClung told the newspaper a robber allegedly "flashed a weapon" at a local resident while they were at the bank but would not provide further details, citing an ongoing investigation into the incident.

To date, OFCC is not aware of a single Ohio newspaper that has bothered to mention the "no-guns" signs posted on the doors of these dangerous and discriminatory banks when covering a robbery.

Contrast these defenseless victimizations to this foiled robbery at a pharmacy in Coshocton:

Would-be robber dodges bullet, but not her capture

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