On the eruptions, people talked about "fire, ash, gravel, sand, darkness, lightning and smoke" and reported collapsed roofs, dead cattle, chicken and goats, a "unique experience", and acts of robbery (Vermaut et al. 2002).
By the end, what little hope they had left has faded, and several have been caught in the act of robbery or shot dead in the street by cold-blooded mobsters whom they have foolishly betrayed.
Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?
She managed to catch the cat in the act of robbery and wounded it with her bracelet, but the cat escaped with the child, leaving a trail of blood.
Banksy has convinced nearly everyone who has ever met him that promulgating his image would amount to an unconscionable act of soul robbery.
Many law-enforcement agencies became more concerned with regulating the crimes associated with the practice, especially acts of theft and robbery committed against clients.
In response to a call for action by the International Maritime Organization, the U.N. Security Council has authorized states cooperating with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to enter the territorial waters of Somalia and to use all necessary means to repress acts of piracy and armed robbery.
"Acts of piracy and armed robbery are only one facet of the spectrum of maritime insecurity; boundaries between various crimes are often blurred," Dirk Steffen, maritime security director of Denmark-based Risk Intelligence, wrote in an essay for the nonprofit United States Naval Institute.
Mr. Mitchell was charged with rape, assault, predatory sex act, criminal sex act, robbery and criminal possess of stolen property.
At one time, Vizzini's criminal dossier included 39 murders, six attempted murders, 13 acts of private violence, 36 robberies, 37 thefts and 63 extortions.
The report added: "This attack was well coordinated and cannot be considered as an opportunistic act of violence and robbery".
