Woman flashes $27,000 in Springfield bar, gets robbed

George W. Graham

The Republican

October 20, 2009, 12:37PM

SPRINGFIELD – A 22-year-old woman, who flashed $27,000 in cash Monday night while inside an Indian Orchard bar, was held up at gunpoint around midnight after she left the bar with a male friend and walked towards her car.

Sgt. John M. Delaney said the victim, while inside the bar, bragged of receiving the $27,000 from an insurance claim.

Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said the victims told police they were robbed by two male suspects wearing dark clothing and bandanas, one armed with what appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun.

“Lesson learned...” Delaney said in prepared statement. “When you cash a settlement, put it in the bank.”

Detectives are probing the case, Delaney said.