Robbers hit Whitehouse credit union

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Robbers hit Whitehouse credit union

WESTERN BUREAU: For the second time in less than seven months, armed robbers posing as customers carried out a daring daylight multimillion-dollar robbery at a financial institution in the community of Whitehouse, in Westmoreland. The latest...

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