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Hostages Found in Bathroom - That's About It

By Alicia Dorr in News on Sep 13, 2006 8:13PM

In a bank robbery only slightly more interesting than when the old lady with the princess visor, hostages were taken in a Dolton bank during an attempted robbery today.

Two employees of the Chicago suburban bank were found unharmed in the restroom, because, apparently, once you let one go to the bathroom, they all have to go to the bathroom. Authorities are still searching for the suspect, a person who a witness said came into the bank at around 11 a.m. today with his/her face covered in a hankerchief. It isn't clear exactly what happened to botch the robbery, but the suspect didn't seem to leave any damage aside from the shook up employees.

To find the allegedly armed suspect, police from at least three neighboring towns, FBI agents and local crime fighters blocked off streets around the building to work together to resolve the situation. The gunman is hopefully not passing through one of the unpoliced towns as we write.