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FBI nabs bank robber at Borgata

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- As reported by the Gloucester County Times: "The NJ and Philadelphia Divisions of the FBI announced today the Atlantic City arrest of a 39-year-old New York man in connection to 17 bank robberies throughout the region.

"Assisted by New Jersey State troopers form the Division of Gaming Enforcement, the FBI arrested Anthony Boyd, of Jamaica, Queens, on a United States Marshals Service warrant as he came out of the elevator of the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa, where he'd checked in earlier that night.

"Boyd stands accused of escaping from a halfway house in December and returning to a life of crime, allegedly robbing a Citizens Bank located on 1701 JFK Boulevard on February 26, 2009 and another at 2001 Market Street on March 14, 2009 in the Philadelphia area, a Metropolitan National Bank on 40th Street in Manhattan on March 11, 2009 and Metropolitan National Bank on 46th Street in Manhattan on March 24, 2009.

"'I guess you could say Mr. Boyd rolled the dice and lost,' quipped Special Agent in Charge Weysan Dun. 'The odds are always in favor of the house, and in this case, the house is the justice system...'"

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