PASADENA — A would-be bank robber gave up during an attempted robbery in downtown Pasadena today when a dye pack hidden in the loot exploded. Pasadena police said the robber dropped his replica ...

Dye packs are those little bundles of surprise that banks use to help thwart robbers. Slipped in with the cash, the devices can be set off to explode dye all over the money, making the loot unusable ...

A man who robbed a Newark bank but was caught two days later thanks to surveillance footage which showed a dye pack slipped into his stolen cash exploding was convicted Friday, authorities said. Esau ...

CROWN POINT - A man who robbed a Crown Point bank Wednesday wound up red-faced and red-handed after an exploding dye pack rendered his haul worthless, police said. Anthony Orlando, 39, of St. Charles, ...

Here’s a way to help solve the problem of ATM theft (“‘Crash and grab’ thefts boost ATMs from Baltimore stores, deprive neighborhoods without banks of access to cash,” Feb. 20). Three things need to ...