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Swat Resources Confused By Cardboard Robber

By: James Farkenfur

The APB goes out and multiple New Jersey SWAT teams are called in to handle a robber in Somerset County. The problem is that the suspect, a woman, about five feet tall, was made out of cardboard. Police at first claimed they had no idea what set off the alarm at the bank which the cardboard figure was attempting to rob. A Montgomery Township Police officer informed NBC Los Angeles that alarms are often set off by animals, serious weather conditions and perhaps the occasional wayward balloon, though none of these things were found on the scene at the New Jersey bank. Oddly enough this false alarm triggered, multiple alarm resources.

Resources say that on Thursday, Thanksgiving evening, the alarm was triggered at around 7:40 p.m. Officers arrived on the scene and investigated the building's exterior. They saw what they thought was at least one person. They were only able to witness this person through the drawn blinds on the bank windows, through which they could see her on a closed-circuit video monitor, which was cycling through interior security views of the bank. The cardboard cutout would not respond to any of the officers' verbal commands. They had no choice but to call for backup. The senior officer on duty, a patrol officer, called for Somerset County's Emergency Response Team to take further action on the cardboard robber.

The area around the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township was sealed off, and three apartment buildings nearby were evacuated as a precaution because of the dangerous "cardboard cutout." More police resources were called in from Hopewell Township, Princeton Township, and Hillsborough to provide traffic control, as well as support for other calls. Resources claim the Emergency Response Team was ready to go within about forty-five minutes of the call.

The officers used bullhorns and speakers for about forty-five minutes to try to make contact with the cardboard cutout, but in vain. Attempts at telephoning the cardboard cutout were also ignored and the police were baffled. Tense negotiations went on for over three hours, according to NJ dot com.

When the cardboard figure failed to respond, a resource of SWAT team members from three different New Jersey towns was called in to get to the bottom of things. They entered the building through the back and entered a room that was not visible to the front windows. There they discovered the bank robber was a mere cardboard woman, who had most likely been a bank promotion in a previous life.

Of course, police officers kept reiterating they'd in fact made the right calls in this situation. It is now known that an ATM repairmen, who'd been at the site earlier in the day, had accidentally triggered the alarm. The ATM alarm resources indicated that break-ins were going on in multiple bank areas. The police did not give media outlets a monetary figure for their cardboard adventure. But did say that time served will be paid by the officers' respective department resources. (SWAT costs are paid for by New Jersey counties.)

Since the ordeal, the cardboard robber has been removed from the premises, permanently.

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James Farkenfur writes about what's important for homeowners for Paramus New Jersey Water Damage Restoration and Paramus New Jersey Flood Damage Cleanup

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