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Instead of the typical talk of naughty love affairs or childish road rage , a man who called himself "D" volunteered last fall that he and five ot hers robbed a TCF Bank inside a Jewel-Osco last April. "D" gave specific details of a crime that went unsolved for five months, including that an employee had been in on it, that they tied up the bank workers, that those involved took money from the vault but avoided the dye packs and that they got off with $81,000. He even bragged about heading to Michigan Avenue days later to buy himsel f a Louis Vuitton wallet -- in cash. bank actually and acted it out for like weeks," the caller said, adding he and others were "buyin' Louis Vuitton this, Blass that, everything m an." Station had taped phone call A TCF worker driving into work in the morning heard the tale on DJ Drex's morning program and recognized it as a holdup at her bank in April 2004 , according to a criminal complaint made public this week. It didn't take long for the FBI to trace the call back to a cell phone be longing to Randy Washington, 24, of Dolton. FBI agents headed to the radio station, which turned over a cell phone nu mber registered in Washington's name, a transcript and recording of Wash ington's call. Washington appeared in federal court this week on charges that he and Wil liam Slate, 19, robbed the TCF Bank at 3220 S Chicago Rd. Slate, who recently moved to Dallas from Tinley Park, will be extradited to Chicago. Authorities are still looki ng for four others involved in the robbery. No leads until phone call FBI officials and prosecutors say Washington's bragging was the break the y needed. Authorities didn't have a good description of the robbers beca use employees were tied up. "The details he provided were incredibly helpful in moving this investigation forward." John Gehron, regional vice president for Clear Channel Communications, sa id the radio show typically heard confessions about people who cheat or "steal something from work." Washington initially told the FBI he called in to win a prize, had only h eard of the robbery and denied any personal involvement. But FBI agents tracked down an informant who implicated Washington and Sl ate and said Washington went by the nickname "D," according to an affida vit by Special FBI Agent Frederick E Osborne. In a recorded conversatio n, Slate said some of "my guys" bought scooters after the robbery. The F BI found records that Washington bought a scooter April 14. Officials al so said they found a Louis Vuitton wallet in his pocket.
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