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FLINT (WJRT) -- (03/10/08)--A man was behind bars Monday night, accused of stealing money twice from the same Flint bank. Flint police say the man tried to rob a Franklin Bank branch on Dort Highway on Friday. Now police believe he robbed the same bank just a week earlier. The manager says the Franklin Bank on Dort has been robbed five times in the past year. But this latest attempt was foiled by a quick-thinking security guard. It was a quiet Friday when a security guard noticed a suspicious customer inside Franklin Bank "I went over to him to take his hood off because that's one of our policies in the bank and he wouldn't listen," said Gallagher Security Officer Chris Gibson. The teller noticed the suspect, who police say is 47-year-old Barry Saylor of Mount Morris. They say he looked just like the man who robbed the place a week earlier. "He tried to hand the teller a note," Gibson said. Saylor ran out of the bank. Gibson was right behind him. "I called 911 and informed them as I was chasing him down the street," Gibson said. Gibson chased him down a hallway, through a door and outside to a dumpster where the suspect was quickly removing layers of clothes. "He ditched clothing into a dumpster and then zigzagged in between the businesses going down toward the highway," Gibson said. Gibson, who was wearing a bulletproof vest but had no weapon, called Flint police, who arrested Saylor a short distance away. Saylor faces federal bank robbery charges. Although he was wearing two sets of clothes -- presumably to confuse anyone trying to get a description -- Gibson says his pants selection would have probably fooled no one. On top was a pair of blue jeans, and underneath was another pair of blue jeans. (Copyright ©2008 WJRT-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
Just three days into the public show, they've helped plenty of children who have gone astray: They had 13 missing kids on Saturday and eight more on Sunday. By noon Monday, there had already been one - an 8-year-old boy who got separated from his Cub Scout troop. By Ben Schmitt, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer
Luda LiveHip-hop star entertains crowdby Sean Locey Vanguard Staff Writer
| | By Eric Pope / Special to the Detroit News |
Press Releases - Congratulations to our own T.K. aka Tony Kyser - Bouncer of The Year 2001 - Emerald Theater & State Theater
- Congratulations AGAIN T.K. aka Tony Kyser - Bouncer of The Year 2002 - Emerald Theater
Local theater gains new owners, smaller venues By Robert Carr Of The Oakland Press Small-venue concerts and company conferences have taken over at the once rowdy Royal Oak Music Theater, which reopened under new ownership Friday. The venue, a former dance club, frequently was cited by police reports for disorderly conduct and liquor violations. It is now a peaceful, part-time operating theater, said new owners Nobody In Particular Presents, Inc. The company, based in Colorado, will only stage nighttime concerts at the hall at 4th and Lafayette streets about 15 times a month, said company officials. “One of the main differences of the new theater is that we’ve got a company, Gallagher Security, Inc, that patrols inside and outside perimeters of the building. We’re trying to take care to make sure there aren’t any problems,” said manager Rhonda Lee. About 900 patrons attended an opening show featuring Morris Day and The Time on Friday, and The Violent Femmes on New Year’s Eve. The theater holds about 1800 people. “It was very exciting, everything went smooth,” said Lee. The Royal Oak Music Theater almost lost its liquor license in 1999 after police responded to 136 calls in 1998. It closed after the owners filed for bankruptcy in August. The theater property was leased by Paragon Investment Company, a privately held Royal Oak corporation owned by Robert Fox. The lease was slated to expire in 2007. After operating for three years, neighboring Illusions Bar and Grill is now on the market. Owner David Katzman announced plans to sell his license after numerous liquor and code violations and disorderly activity, including a drive-by shooting in November. Nearby resident Rodney Keteyian, who complained to the local Liquor Control Commission committee about Illusions’ problems, said the new Royal Oak Music Theater sounds promising. “To me, it’s a positive change, that dance club was one of our biggest problems. We’re going to have to see how it goes,” Keteyian said. Doug Kauffman, an Ann Arbor native, runs Nobody in Particular Presents, Inc with two friends, Jesse Morreale and Chris Swank, both of Colorado, where they operate three similar small concert venues. “I was aware of how popular Royal Oak had become when visiting back home, how it has been transformed into an entertainment district. A small concert venue seemed a good fit,” Kauffman said. He said he saw the Royal Oak Music Theater offered through an auction magazine and jumped on it, buying the liquor license and the business. They’re leasing the building from owner Jack Hanna for an undisclosed sum. Hanna himself stuck up for Kauffman at a December LCC committee meeting in Royal Oak. “These boys will run a good show,” Hanna said. “I had a lot of higher offers for the building, but this seemed like a good operation for the area. The company plans to invest about $1 million in the facility to upgrade items such as the sound system and lighting. Gallagher Security, Inc will assist in helping to make the concert industry a safer and more enjoyable environment. We can also help concertgoers better understand their rights to a safe environment. | 
