After enduring five robberies in five years, workers at A-K Valley Federal Credit Union in the Pittsburgh area cleaned out their crime-plagued Homewood branch -- never to reopen.
"We just decided we'd had it," said Janet Horn, chief executive of the credit union, regarding the latest incident New Year's Day at the two-story brick office.
The Homewood branch had been robbed by criminals bearing assault rifles on four previous occasions since mid-2004, when the credit union opened there. This time, the credit union's board voted Jan. 5 to shutter the branch, which served 1,630 members.
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