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Oct 22, 2008
Suspected Robber Caught After Leaving Thumb Behind
View Larger Map The crazy crime story of the day award goes to the Examiner’s Scott McCabe, who lays out the rather unbelievable tale of a suspected armed robber who held up an alleged brothel in upper Columbia Heights earlier this month. The robber got away with a bunch of cash, but was later caught by police because, get this, they had his thumb. The suspect, Bryan Perez, 22, had his thumb cut off during…