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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 woman's suv. as the bank was evacuated a bomb squad used a robot to check the vehicle. no explosives were found. >> drive-thru. >> we are laughing but there is an elementar...

Next time. we'll 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. abc's 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. some jump the counter and follow her. police in richmond, texas say the men tied up that clerk, b...

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. he's 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 somebody connected to the robbery attempt. he then led them to the person who brought him to the hosp...

Let out a big sigh of relief and said, i've 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 tellers, for that particular reason, to discourage people from robbing the bank. >> although it all see...

>> 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 he'd 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 months at the federal prison in otisville, new york. seems like this tree robber scheme was rooted i...