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Police: SC man used hostage hoax to rob bank
[January 29, 2010] CONWAY, S.C. (AP) -- Police say a South Carolina man robbed a bank of hundreds of dollars by convincing a bank teller that a woman and child would be killed if he didn't pay a ransom to their captor. Court documents show 55-year-old Chester Wodecki was arrested Tuesday and charged with a federal count of bank robbery the next day.
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Police say Wodecki told the teller at First Citizens Bank in Conway that the woman and child were being held hostage at a grocery store. But authorities say the story was a hoax that Wodecki invented because he needed money for rent and other bills. Police say Wodecki took about $2,400 from the bank. Officials at the Horry County jail did not know if Wodecki had an attorney, and his home phone number was unlisted. |
