Man Attempts to Rob Payday Loan Stores in Wichita, Kansas

One payday loan store robbed

Surveillance cameras can help keep businesses safe.

It seems that payday loan stores still haven’t coughed up the money to invest in equipment such as surveillance cameras and other security devices.

According to a local NBC affiliate, the same man attempted to rob two payday loan stores over the weekend in Wichita, Kansas. It appears from news reports that there was one attempted robbery followed by a successful robbery on Sunday.

Strange things afoot

In the first incident, according to KSN News 3, the suspect entered an E Z Payday Advance store at 3570 N. Woodlawn. An employee of E Z Payday Advance was in the parking lot, and the employee notified the police.

If there were no employees inside the E Z Payday Advance store, how did the suspect enter the building? I should think that the doors would be locked if there was no one inside. How the suspect was able to enter the building at 3570 N. Woodlawn remains unclear.

The one that got away

Unfortunately, the news report out of Wichita doesn’t report what time these robberies took place, only that they were about an hour apart. On Sunday, about an hour after the attempted robbery at the E Z Payday Advance store, a man fitting the same description entered a different E Z Payday Advance location at 2548 S. Seneca. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Man Attempts to Rob Payday Loan Stores in Wichita, Kansas"