The robber was a cop.
"NEW YORK - To his supervisors, rookie police officer Christian Torres was a "model cadet." He boasted a solid academic background, passed psychological screening and scored high marks in the academy, authorities said.
[/align]But on Friday they said he was also something else: A repeat bank robber.
Torres, already charged in an armed bank heist that netted $113,000 in Pennsylvania, was linked by investigators to two other bank robberies last year in Manhattan, police said. Authorities said he later splurged on a new car and engagement ring.
Torres was serving as a police cadet when he robbed a Manhattan bank of $16,500 with a threatening note on June 8, 2007, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters on Friday.
Investigators say that about five months later, Torres struck at the same bank using a fake handgun, this time while enrolled in the police academy. The take: $102,000.
The same day as the second holdup he put down $18,500 cash on a new car, police said. Sometime later he bought his girlfriend a diamond engagement ring "” police did not know the cost "” and paid off a $2,500 college loan."
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Cops And Robbers
