Crime & Safety

Niles Police Employee Gary Amato Implicated In 'Armed' Robbery

Amato admitted fabricating the story that three men had stabbed and robbed him on his way to make a bank deposit Jan. 18.

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After what Niles police initially believed to be an armed robbery occurred on Jan. 18, Gary Amato, the civilian police employee who told police he had been stabbed and robbed on his way to make a $44,000 bank deposit, was charged in the crime.

 

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