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Other dramatic surveillance video from jewelry stores have led to quick arrests but these four are still on the run, and still empty handed. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> oh. another robbery attempt took place near pittsburgh. police are calling it a first, a bank hold up at a drive-thru. yeah, a drive-thru. a woman passed a note to a teller threatening she had a bomb. police arrived literally within seconds blocking the womans suv. as the bank was evacuated a bomb squad used a robot to check...

Next time. well continue with our robbery block here. surveillance footage from a texas jewelry store shows another brazen robbery attempt. this was stopped short. one clerk was tied up and another taking action. abcs ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: four suspects faces covered and guns drawn storm a jewelry store southwest of houston. a few seconds earlier, you see a female employee, who appears to be cleaning up last thursday night. when she sees the robbers, she runs to the back room....

Around and fired a .44 revolver at the officers. he got off three shots, they say before getting away. >> he fires three guns -- three rounds in the .44 caliber magnum. very large caliber handgun. he believe he drives by after that because he had no rounds in the gun. >> one of the officers got off three shots. hes the only officer who fired said nypd. he hit one of the spthts in the leg. that person checked in to a new york hospital. police say he fed them a line and it became clear this was so...

Let out a big sigh of relief and said, ive been expecting you. >> according to law enforcement, the robber, james coldwell said he was down on his luck. he lost his job, his marriage had ended recently and he was dealing with some alcohol issues. >> he said he thought he would feel this huge adrenaline rush when doing this robbery. but he said he actually just felt ashamed. >> turns out, his robbery attempt is high-risk for low return. >> i think they keep very low amounts accessible to the tell...

>> apparently, coldwell put some forethought into this tree disguise. >> he comes from a military background where he served in the special forces of the army. part of his training would be -- they would put him on an island with nothing and hed have to make and fend for himself and try to infiltrate another military squad on that island. if he had just placed a couple of more branches with leaves on the sides, we never would have got him. >> james coldwell pleads guilty and is sentenced to 28 m...

Blaze. thats a very sad story. we are moving on to an unsuccessful robbery attempt in southern new jersey. this was all caught on camera. the would-be robber seen there entering tj maxx and going to the high-end watch case. he smashes the case and then loads the bag with the merchandise. then an active member of the air force comes along, takes on the guy who starts to flee. the suspect gets away, leaving the nearly $27,000 worth of watches behind. all right. three cops in albuquerque, new m...

Me. my wife and children have waited long enough for me to come home. i dont want nobody else on the yard thats not going home this decade to screw my time up. >> albert ware is another inmate expecting a visit from his wife. unlike stacey, ware will likely never leave anamosa. 20 years ago he killed a man in a bungled robbery attempt and was sentenced to life without parole. >> although i didnt intend to kill a man, i did kill a man. i just have to be a man about it. >> ware is one of the few i...

My wife and children have waited long enough for me to come home. and i dont want nobody else on the yard thats not going home this decade to screw my time up. >> albert ware is another inmate expecting a visit from his wife. but unlike stacey truvillion, ware will likely never leave anamosa. 20 years ago he killed a man in a bungled robbery attempt and was sentenced to life without parole. >> although i didnt intend to kill the man, i did kill the man. and i just have to be a man about it. >> w...

Last month. the guns have been used in a number of murders including shooting death of a border patrol agent. why hasnt any one in the obama administration been held accountable? katie will be live on "fox & friends" at 7:15 to answer that question. police in georgia made a second arrest in the shooting death of a 21-year-old soldier. 22-year-old palmer surrendered to police. he is charged with the murder of a college student and army reservist. arnold was shot in the head during a robbery att...

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