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Related: About this forumThieves ram original Wells Fargo in San Francisco, grab gold nuggets
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Thieves-ram-original-Wells-Fargo-bank-steal-gold-6042867.phpThieves in ski masks smashed a stolen sport utility vehicle into the site of the original Wells Fargo Bank in San Franciscos Financial District early Tuesday and held a security guard at gunpoint before making off with gold nuggets from Californias Gold Rush era, police said.
The crash-and-grab heist the latest of a series of similar incidents in San Francisco happened about 2:30 a.m. at the banks museum at 420 Montgomery St.
The intruders rammed the GMC Suburban through the museums glass revolving doors, police said. A security guard investigating the crash was held at gunpoint by the assailants, who then smashed into display cases and made off with historic nuggets and gold ore, police said....
The museum is located on the site where Wells Fargo Bank opened in 1852. Besides the gold, the museum features other artifacts, including a historic red and gold stagecoach the emblem of the nations fourth largest bank.
The crash-and-grab heist the latest of a series of similar incidents in San Francisco happened about 2:30 a.m. at the banks museum at 420 Montgomery St.
The intruders rammed the GMC Suburban through the museums glass revolving doors, police said. A security guard investigating the crash was held at gunpoint by the assailants, who then smashed into display cases and made off with historic nuggets and gold ore, police said....
The museum is located on the site where Wells Fargo Bank opened in 1852. Besides the gold, the museum features other artifacts, including a historic red and gold stagecoach the emblem of the nations fourth largest bank.
You don't suppose the driver was a black guy named Bart, do you?
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Thieves ram original Wells Fargo in San Francisco, grab gold nuggets (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jan 2015
OP
That's too bad, I liked that museum. Seeing the coach--and its size--was fascinating and
petronius
Jan 2015
#7
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)1. I see a new heist movie in the works.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. My pitch: The Fast and the Furious meets Ocean's Eleven.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)3. 4 to 10 ounces of gold
And they left a nugget there. Idiots for sure. If you're going to rob a bank, it better be for millions with a great escape plan.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)4. I wonder what they plan to do with the loot?
They can't easily sell the nuggets as is without attracting attention, and melting them down will leave them with equally suspicious gold "ingots". I guess they could turn them into jewelry, but something tells me they aren't that ambitious. Maybe they'll just put in an envelope and send it to one of Beck and Limbaugh's "We buy gold" rip-offs.
hunter
(38,337 posts)5. If the police compile a list of people holding grudges against Wells Fargo...
... they'll never find out who did it.
Compared to Wells Fargo's crimes, this was a petty theft.
bayareaboy
(793 posts)6. Thats a Big Afirmative!
Wells Fargo and B of A are both scumbags of the the banking industry. Especially just the last few years.
Although I used to do a route in the area a day a week and always looked in the window to see the wagon, years ago.
Now I look at my Honda and go to a credit union.
petronius
(26,606 posts)7. That's too bad, I liked that museum. Seeing the coach--and its size--was fascinating and
painful to the imagination of a 6' 4" fellow. Makes me grateful for airline legroom, almost...
(Thanks for the Black Bart reference; I didn't know that story!)
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)8. Wells Fargo museum crashers got the gold but missed the real spoils
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Wells-Fargo-museum-crashers-got-the-gold-but-6043964.php
The thieves who crashed a stolen SUV into a Wells Fargo museum Tuesday in downtown San Francisco probably werent big history buffs, because the gold they stole was chump change compared to the priceless artifacts right next to their elbows as they scooped up the nuggets.
An elaborate 1850s gold-weighing scale, in particular, was in the very case that the robbers smashed into and its worth in Gold Rush history and banking lore is practically incalculable, said Robert Chandler, a retired historian for Wells Fargo and an authority on Western history....
A few feet from the scale sat an original Wells Fargo stagecoach the most famous symbol of Gold Rush-era banking, and also priceless in historical value.
The thieves apparently didnt rip off any parts of those displays, or any of the other historical irreplaceables, including a vintage telegraph. Instead, they snatched up to 10 ounces of gold in ore and nuggets worth, at most, $12,950 on the current market.
An elaborate 1850s gold-weighing scale, in particular, was in the very case that the robbers smashed into and its worth in Gold Rush history and banking lore is practically incalculable, said Robert Chandler, a retired historian for Wells Fargo and an authority on Western history....
A few feet from the scale sat an original Wells Fargo stagecoach the most famous symbol of Gold Rush-era banking, and also priceless in historical value.
The thieves apparently didnt rip off any parts of those displays, or any of the other historical irreplaceables, including a vintage telegraph. Instead, they snatched up to 10 ounces of gold in ore and nuggets worth, at most, $12,950 on the current market.