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TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 17-year-old woman is facing 15 charges after police in the town of Tonawanda said she attempted to hold up a bingo game at local a Catholic school.
The weekly Saturday bingo game had just gotten underway May 6 at Cardinal O’Hara High School, when the young woman, armed with a handgun, showed up in the money room.
“There’s several people in the room where the money is being counted,” said Town of Tonawanda Capt. Joseph Carosi. “This woman is able to enter the room, and displays a handgun and demands the money,”
The teen may have thought a Catholic school bingo game was an easy target, but she quickly learned otherwise.
Before anyone could hand over the money, multiple volunteers — some 60 years her senior — tackled the would-be robber, and kicked her gun to the side.
“At this point, one of the other employees, who was not seated at the table, is able to get behind her and restrain her.”
Bingo volunteers thwart armed robbery of their cash
The weekly Saturday bingo game had just gotten underway May 6 at Cardinal O’Hara High School, when the young woman, armed with a handgun, showed up in the money room.
“There’s several people in the room where the money is being counted,” said Town of Tonawanda Capt. Joseph Carosi. “This woman is able to enter the room, and displays a handgun and demands the money,”
The teen may have thought a Catholic school bingo game was an easy target, but she quickly learned otherwise.
Before anyone could hand over the money, multiple volunteers — some 60 years her senior — tackled the would-be robber, and kicked her gun to the side.
“At this point, one of the other employees, who was not seated at the table, is able to get behind her and restrain her.”
Bingo volunteers thwart armed robbery of their cash
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