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Would-be robber tries to stick up cab with deputy behind him

READING, Pa.

Police say a would-be robber in Pennsylvania had some poor timing when he pulled a gun on his taxi driver with a deputy sheriff behind him.

The Berks County deputy approached the cab after it failed to move through a green light Monday in Reading.

Surveillance video from inside the cab, obtained by WFMZ-TV, shows the deputy’s cruiser pulling up behind the taxi. Shortly after that, the passenger aims a gun at the driver and demands money.

Deputy Terry Ely approaches the cab and asks if there’s a problem. Seeing the gun, Ely draws his firearm and orders the passenger out of the taxi.

The cab driver can be heard telling Ely, “You’re a lifesaver.”

Eighteen-year-old Victor Martinez-Herrera was arrested. A lawyer for him wasn’t listed in online court documents.

Ruh-roh: ‘Scooby Doo’-like van escapes California police

REDDING, Calif.

Northern California police have a real mystery on their hands.

A driver of a minivan painted to resemble the “Mystery Machine” from the “Scooby Doo” cartoon series led Redding police on a high-speed chase reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph Sunday afternoon before giving her pursuers the slip.

Redding Police are now searching for 51-year-old Sharon Kay Turman, who was wanted for purported probation violations.

KRCR reported Monday that Turman’s 1994 Chrysler Town and Country minivan was painted to resemble the van of cartoon fame.

Police say Turman blew through several red lights, showing disregard for the safety of other motorists, prompting an end to the pursuit.

A California Highway Patrol helicopter pilot watched her abandon the vehicle.

Prosecutors: Alabama man stole $200,000 in quarters

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Federal prosecutors in Alabama say a former armored-transportation company worker has agreed to plead guilty to stealing nearly $200,000, all in quarters.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Birmingham says 49-year-old Stephen Lancaster Dennis of Harpersville agreed to plead guilty to theft.

A statement released Monday about the case says Dennis has to repay $196,000 to Brink’s Co., the armored-transportation company he worked for at the time of the heist.

Prosecutors say Dennis was a money-processing manager at a Brink’s facility in Birmingham, where coins were stored for the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. They say the man took 784,000 quarters in early 2014 by using beads to fill bags that were supposed to contain $50,000 each in quarters.

Dennis faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Associated Press