Authorities Quickly Track Down Bank Robber with GPS Device

Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

A GPS-tracking device stuffed into a bag of stolen bank money let to the arrest of a 29-year-old man who tried to get away with more than $7,000 from a financial institution in Illinois, The Chicago Tribune reports.

FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde said Miguel A. Ramirez was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of bank robbery after he demanded money from an Aurora bank.

What he didn’t know was the gray plastic bag of money included a GPS tracking device, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Ramirez was tracked to a gas station and arrested within 30 minutes of the robbery.

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