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    Ohio police arrest man after a break in to a bank

    By John Lynch,

    7 days ago

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    NEW PHILADELPHIA , Ohio ( WTRF ) — Northeast Ohio police arrested a man after police received an alarm call at a bank.

    New Philadelphia police said they received an alarm call at PNC Bank along West High Avenue. Police said someone broke into the bank through a door, triggering motion sensors in the lobby and teller areas.

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    Officers said they noticed a rear door with a shattered glass panel and found a man inside the bank wearing a hat and face covering but he disappeared from view.

    Officers said they gave verbal commands for the subject to exit the bank and surrender but received no response.

    Police said they were able to unlock the lobby doors through the opening of the damaged doors to make entry. Police said they found the subject and ordered him to the ground.

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    Officers arrested Guillermo Sanchez Gomez, 20, who police said had a hammer, flat-blade screwdriver, a spoon and black plastic trash bags. Police said they also found a fixed-blade knife on the floor.

    Police said they found damage to a digital keypad and the vault door to the bank had minor damage.

    Gomez was charged with breaking and entering, safecracking, possessing criminal tools and vandalism. He is currently in the Tuscarawas County jail.

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    DoverOhioIsGuatemala
    3d ago
    Why would FOX news of all places be hiding my comments trying to expose what’s happening with the flood of illegals into Tuscarawas County? I’ve come to expect that level of censorship from the local media but is it all Ohio media that’s complicit now?
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