StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1
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Until now only cases 357+ (plus a few older ones) had their linked URLs fetched; the other 252 dossiers held just the text pasted into the spreadsheet, often only the lede. This pass fetches every linked URL for those cases so the full text is on file before link rot takes it. - stage_all.py: new --include-sheet-cases flag that lifts the skip on cases holding spreadsheet articles. Resumable as before. - staging/: raw extracts and index.json for the 252 cases. - sourced-articles.json, case-files-manifest.json: 188 new UNTRIMMED blocks. 179 cases gained at least one fetched article; 73 got none (49 BLOCKED, 18 THIN, 9 DEAD, 4 video/social, 3 ERROR). - sources/*.txt: rebuilt with build_cases.py --all. Sheet pastes are kept; fetched blocks sit beside them under the NOT YET TRIMMED banner. Files previously committed with CRLF are now LF. - wayback-availability.json: Wayback snapshots exist for 73 of the 98 failed URL slots; input for an archive-fetch pass. - README-START-HERE.md: progress note and next step. verify_all.py PASSES (1836 checks). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 038 | Multiple gas stations | March 22, 2018 | USA
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 38
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date March 22, 2018
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original_date March 22, 2018
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year 2018
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month 3
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quarter 2018-Q1
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victim Multiple gas stations
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location Irving & Mesquite, Texas
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country USA
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scenario Armed Robbery in Public Space
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description Robbers douse clerks with pepper spray, steal from Bitcoin ATMs in Irving and Mesquite
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kidnappings 0
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violence_torture 1
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drugs_alcohol 1
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weapons 0
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted (null)
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coin_type (null)
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reports Fox4
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notes cash robberies from btc atms
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Multiple gas stations
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**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
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**Attack Method:** Armed Robbery in Public Space
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**Violence Used:** Physical violence, drugging, chemical weapons
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**Crypto Stolen:** Amount not disclosed
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**Status:** Investigation ongoing
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://www.fox4news.com/news/bitcoin-bandits-target-dallas-county-cryptocurrency-atms
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 39: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source Fox4
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URL https://www.fox4news.com/news/bitcoin-bandits-target-dallas-county-cryptocurrency-atms
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 39, column "Articles"
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Length 1,619 chars
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Trimmed site furniture removed on review; kept text is verbatim. Full original (1,881 chars) archived, sha256 6678078d26d852d4b65be2d94c14800cd72f569d6f5f26f7661034ef6ee37303
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Bitcoin bandits target Dallas County cryptocurrency ATMs
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Dallas is a startup for bitcoin ATMs where the cryptocurrency can be bought with cash or exchanged for cash.
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In late March, two bitcoin ATMs were ravaged by robbers who used high-powered pepper spray known as bear spray to overpower clerks and rob the machines.
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Bitcoin is still relatively new and has only been around for about a decade. The new technology has created new thievery. Police in Irving and Mesquite are now looking for the bitcoin bandits.
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A bitcoin ATM at a Mesquite gas station was targeted on March 28. Video shows a man buying Gatorade at while at the counter who looks right at the camera. He then returns and sprays the female clerk with bear spray. His partner then breaks in the bitcoin ATM.
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“Seems like these machines do contain some cash,” explained Mesquite Police Lt. Brian Parrish. “Apparently, there comes a point when you exchange bitcoins for cash.”
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Irving saw the first bitcoin robbery on March 22.
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“Once the suspects incapacitated the clerk, then they were able to just break into it and steal the cash cassettes,” explained Irving Police Officer James McLellan.
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The motive is the same in both bitcoin robberies. In the Irving case, a heavyset guy in a gray hoodie goes in and sprays the clerk. A thin man in a Raiders hat then hands him a crowbar and goes to work on the ATM machine.
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“It’s one thing to steal or rob from someone,” Parrish said. “It’s another to hurt a defenseless clerk.”
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Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 for the names of the bitcoin bandits. Anyone with information is urged to contact Mesquite or Irving PD.
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ARTICLE 2
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Source Fox4
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URL (no URL recorded for this column)
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 39, column "Article 2"
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Length 1,761 chars
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Robbers douse clerks with pepper spray, steal from Bitcoin ATMs in Irving and Mesquite
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Surveillance footage captured incidents at a Chevron in Irving and an Exxon in Mesquite.
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A pair of robbers remain at large after breaking into a Bitcoin ATM at an Irving gas station and spraying a clerk with bear deterrent.
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Less than a week later, a similar robbery took place at a gas station in Mesquite.
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The first robbery happened around 10 p.m. March 22 at the Chevron in the 7200 block of North MacArthur Boulevard, at State Highway 161.
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Surveillance footage shows a man in a hoodie walk in and spray the clerk with bear deterrent — a type of pepper spray stronger than what's sold for self-defense against humans.
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A second man follows and hands a crowbar to the first robber, who pries open the ATM. The accomplice stands guard near the register while the clerk wipes his eyes.
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The pair then leave the store with cash containers from the ATM and speed off in a gray or silver SUV. Police did not disclose how much money was stolen.
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Police described the robbers as black men in their late 20s to early 30s.
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The first was about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, and was wearing a gray and black Nike hoodie, blue jeans and black and white sneakers.
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The second was about about 6 feet tall and 140 to 160 pounds, and was wearing a black jacket, sagging jeans over blue underwear, maroon sneakers, blue gloves and a gray Oakland Raiders cap.
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Six days later, a similar robbery took place at the Exxon in the 2200 block of Oates Drive, near North Galloway Avenue in Mesquite.
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Around 11:30 a.m., a man wearing a gray hoodie and a red Nike cap sprayed the clerk with pepper spray. A second person then broke into the store's Bitcoin ATM.
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The pair then fled in a vehicle, police said.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED]
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!! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture,
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!! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through.
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!! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case.
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Source fox4news.com
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URL https://www.fox4news.com/news/bitcoin-bandits-target-dallas-county-cryptocurrency-atms
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:55:55+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs ALL 11 paragraphs, untrimmed
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Length 1,654 chars
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Integrity sha256 4bb57c37fbef9162cedd0ac3827ac68f56e09b16f9db08c93bc9135b118868e4
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Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through.
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Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
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from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Bitcoin bandits target Dallas County cryptocurrency ATMs | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
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Dallas is a startup for bitcoin ATMs where the cryptocurrency can be bought with cash or exchanged for cash.
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In late March, two bitcoin ATMs were ravaged by robbers who used high-powered pepper spray known as bear spray to overpower clerks and rob the machines.
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Bitcoin is still relatively new and has only been around for about a decade. The new technology has created new thievery. Police in Irving and Mesquite are now looking for the bitcoin bandits.
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A bitcoin ATM at a Mesquite gas station was targeted on March 28. Video shows a man buying Gatorade at while at the counter who looks right at the camera. He then returns and sprays the female clerk with bear spray. His partner then breaks in the bitcoin ATM.
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“Seems like these machines do contain some cash,” explained Mesquite Police Lt. Brian Parrish. “Apparently, there comes a point when you exchange bitcoins for cash.”
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Irving saw the first bitcoin robbery on March 22.
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“Once the suspects incapacitated the clerk, then they were able to just break into it and steal the cash cassettes,” explained Irving Police Officer James McLellan.
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The motive is the same in both bitcoin robberies. In the Irving case, a heavyset guy in a gray hoodie goes in and sprays the clerk. A thin man in a Raiders hat then hands him a crowbar and goes to work on the ATM machine.
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“It’s one thing to steal or rob from someone,” Parrish said. “It’s another to hurt a defenseless clerk.”
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Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 for the names of the bitcoin bandits. Anyone with information is urged to contact Mesquite or Irving PD.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 038
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