In response for a recent request for documented cases of criminals using body armor......
This was just a quick search, I am sure a more detailed search would turn up many more cases.
Bizarre Home Invasion Robbery
BY ROEDER
PUBLISHED ON August 17, 2002
Yakima Herald-Republic (WA)
Page: 1C-2
By TOM ROEDER YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
A band of pistol-brandishing robbers clad in bullet-proof vests invaded a Cle Elum home on Friday, tying up a woman and stealing property before they fled.
The complexity and obvious planning behind the crime left police in the area stunned. The robbers, as many as six, remained on the loose Friday night. Early leads in the case indicate that crooks are from the Seattle area.
Source: KRISTY EPPLEY RUPON, Staff Writer
Batesburg-Leesville Police Chief Wallace Oswald helped create a 2001 law making it a felony for anyone to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a violent crime. This weekend, Oswald got a chance to put that law into action, as two men were arrested after a violent home invasion and shootout with police Friday night in Batesburg-Leesville. A third suspect was still on the run. Oswald said the man who shot at police was wearing "a military-issue-type body armor that we wore
Published on January 22, 2006, Page B1, State, The (Columbia, SC)
Kelly Shoff/Chris Fleszar/Gita Pullapilly
Created: 1/5/2005 2:12:15 PM
Updated: 1/5/2005 10:28:15 PM
Atlanta, Georgia -
Nelson and Jackson were arrested without incident in Atlanta today. Otis is being held on a 13 count felony warrant.
Among the charges Nelson faces: 2 counts of home invasion, 6 counts of felony firearm, 2 counts of assault with intent to murder, 2 counts of kidnapping, 1 count of possession of body armor during an assaultive crime.
Robbers Stymie Area Police
By Del Quentin Wilber
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 12, 2004; Page A01
The bank robberies unfold in a matter of minutes as the masked, highly disciplined assailants threaten employees and customers with assault rifles and handguns and swiftly grab bundles of cash.
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The choice of vehicles has also intrigued detectives.
The men have stolen mostly Acuras and minivans, both common on area streets and unlikely to raise much suspicion. The vans offer the gunmen room to maneuver in bulky body armor
This was just a quick search, I am sure a more detailed search would turn up many more cases.