From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihuxv!cjh Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Clowns rob Armored Car Article-I.D.: ihuxv.180 Posted: Thu Jul 8 09:04:04 1982 Received: Fri Jul 9 02:03:25 1982 McMurray, Pa.(AP) Thieves disguised as circus clowns stole \$15,000 from an armored van parked in front of a shopping center bank branch Wednesday, authorities said. Two men were dressed in clown costumes and wearing full make-up, enter- taining children in the Donaldson's Crossroads Shopping Center parking lot when two guards from Landmark Security Transport Inc. of Pittsburgh left a Mellon Bank branch, said FBI spokesman Jeff Kimball. "Apparently they were very good clowns," Kimball said. "They were enter- taining kids and their parents for some time as they waited for guards to come out." The clowns approached the two guards "in a humorous fashion" and then pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and a handgun, suprising the drivers, Kimball said. This is from July 8,82 Chi. Tribune. C.J.Holzwarth