ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Alaska USA FCU was robbed by a masked robber who was swinging a torch made out of a burning T-shirt and yard-long metal pole. According to local reports, the assailant allegedly threatened to set fire to people inside of the branch and burn down the building. After commanding everyone to get down on the floor and taking an undisclosed amount of money, the man fled on foot. No one was hurt, but when law enforcement arrived on the scene, they found a singed and still-smoldering shirt outside the facility. According to local reports, this was the state’s first bank robbery of the year, and all but one of the 17 bank robberies in 2006 were solved.
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