Posted by Bertrand [Bertrand] on April 06, 1999 at 06:11:13 {JK6FUAMFdMwzFJ.UEf5.fvtD1QG6Oc}:
The following article appeared in The New York Times of April 6th 1999:
100 Worshipers Robbed During Easter Services
By REUTERS
ETAIRIE, La. -- A masked gunman robbed 100 worshipers in a Jehovah's Witnesses church on Easter Sunday
in this New Orleans suburb, taking $1,200 and several driver's licenses, the authorities said Monday.
Nobody was injured and the police have few clues to the robber's identity, Col. John Fortunato of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office said.
"He wore a ski mask," Colonel Fortunato said. "The only clue we have is that he had some sort of tattoo or scar above his right cheek."
One worshiper, Vicky Wagner, 48, said the robber entered the New Orleans Kingdom
Hall 15 minutes after the service began, then held a gun to one member's head and told everyone to lie on the floor and hand over money and driver's licenses.