The bad guys riding into town is a tried and true film image from the last century. Now we find a new twist on the “stick ‘em up” routine. Using a cell phone the alleged robber, Allan Guedes Sharif, called in a threat to banks in Florida from Portugal.
From WPLG Miami:
Investigators identified a key figure they said was responsible for bomb threats and robbery attempts that wreaked havoc and shut down a major Miami Beach thoroughfare last March.
Federal authorities said Allan Guedes Sharif, 27, is a fugitive living in Portugal and the mastermind behind the Miami Beach chaos. But, they said, he has claimed citizenship in Portugal and remains out of reach for arrest, Local 10’s Glenna Milberg reported.
A grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday in Miami Federal Court accused Sharif of calling a bank teller via cell phone on the morning of March 27, and ordering her to give $20,000 to his accomplice waiting in the bank, or he would detonate a bomb.
Tags: Crime, Bank Robbery, Theft, Fugitive, Allan Guedes Sharif
