Police make arrest following bank robbery

Police make arrest following bank robbery

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Disrespected by thugs in ‘his’ town, Capone deals personally with bandit

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Crime does not pay, especially when the law and gangster Al Capone are out to deliver justice on the mean streets of downtown Excelsior Springs. During Gatsby Day on April 30, several people drafted by event organizers to entertain guests execute a heist at the old bank, now the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives, 101 E. Broadway. “I got pulled off the street,” volunteer Christian Clevenger, 16, says. “I was just having a day out and I was on my stilts running around, going to see shops and Michelle (McDonald) just comes running out of Mind, Body and Soap – just drags me off the street and tells me about this and I’m, like, ‘All right.’” An aunt ropes champion bowman Dantin McBee, 12, into participating. But he does not get to make the unique attempt of robbing the bank using a composite bow and arrow. “They didn’t let me,” he says. Acting as the teller...

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