JOHN$ON TRU$T HEI$T

Early in the evening last night the Johnson Trust bank was robbed. The night guard, 57 year old Harvey Parkens, had this to say. "I was manning my post as normal when I was assaulted from the rear by a chloroform coated handkerchief. I did my best to get a look at him before I passed out. The police artist did a nice job of creating what I saw from my descriptions. They thought they were sneaky but the authorities will get theme."

The Johnson Trust bank was built nearly 30 years ago and has only had two other incidences similar to this. The previous incidents were daytime robberies at gunpoint to get the cash in the teller drawers. The safe, built especially for this structure, has a lock that was said to be almost un-crackable. Guess someone found that margin of error and used it to their advantage. An offical statement will be released later as to how the lock was beaten and precautions will be made to couter act future attempts.

The bank manager Mr. Jeremiah Johnson released a statement of the following. "We are upset that someone would steal anything much less than the money earned over a Christmas season. We will do our best to cover accounts and try to continue to offer loans at their current rate. Security that was going to be increased this fall will be stepped up to this spring in light of last nights happening. We are just glad they chose not to hurt Harvey."

The valut was at nearly its peak capacity making the grand total just under $70,000. That kind of money will likely leave a trail when it is spent and the authorities are counting on it to help them find the thieves.

Remember folks the banks are just not the owners and managers responsibility, they are everyone's. If you see something strange around a local business please report it to the nearest authority as soon as possible. Remember, sometimes the smallest actions can lead to more than what is on the surface. The authorities are paid to piece clues like them together so events like this won't happen in the future.