ROBBER TAKES KEYS, NOT CAR.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - A shotgun-wielding robber held up a woman at a self-service laundry A self-service laundry is a facility where clothes are washed and dried. They are known in the UK as launderettes or laundrettes - and in the USA as laundromats (from the genericized trademark of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation). but got only her car keys, not the car. The woman was using the washing machines (storage) washing machine - An old-style 14-inch hard disk in a floor-standing cabinet. So called because of the size of the cabinet and the "top-loading" access to the media packs - and, of course, they were always set on "spin cycle". at the self-service laundry about 9 a.m. Wednesday Wednesday: see week. when the robber walked in and demanded her money. But the woman had only brought quarters for the machines and had already used them. The man then ordered her to hand over her car keys. He took them and ran out. She immediately called 911. When deputies arrived, they found the car was still there. They searched the area for more than an hour but were unable to find a suspect. Anyone with information is asked to call the Lancaster sheriff's station at (661) 948-8466. |
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