$1 MILLION BAIL SET IN BANK ROBBERY : 2 SUSPECTS IN SEATTLE SHOOTOUT MAY BE TRIED IN FEDERAL COURT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Bail was set at $1 million each for an Oxnard man and another suspect, both of whom were wounded after a bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. and shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. with Seattle police last week. Mark Biggins, 42, of Oxnard, and Steve Meyers, 46, of New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , had little to say in court Monday. A judge in King County, Wash., rejected their lawyers' request for bail of $100,000 or $200,000, saying bank robbery and attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. charges expected against the men justified a high bail. Lawyers said it was still unclear whether Meyers and Biggins would be tried in state or federal court. The two were due for an appearance before a federal magistrate Tuesday afternoon on federal charges of bank robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Meyers and Biggins are accused of being with the serial robber known as ``Hollywood'' during a holdup last Wednesday of a Seafirst Bank Seafirst Corporation was a bank holding company based in Seattle, Washington. Formed on November 11, 1929, from the merger of Seattle's three largest banks, the First National Bank Group, the Dexter Horton National Bank (founded 1870 by Dexter Horton), and Seattle National branch in northeast Seattle. Meyers and Biggins were wounded in a subsequent chase and shootout with police. ``Hollywood,'' whose real name is William Scott Scurlock, was found the next day hiding in a camper in the back yard of a nearby home where 85-year-old Wilma Walker lived. He killed himself as police riddled the camper with gunfire and tear gas tear gas, gas that causes temporary blindness through the excessive flow of tears resulting from irritation of the eyes. The gas is used in chemical warfare and as a means for dispersing mobs. . The FBI said Scurlock, nicknamed ``Hollywood'' because of his penchant for heavy pancake makeup and disguises, was responsible for at least 15 Seattle-area bank robberies and another two in the Portland, Ore., area in the last four years. Walker and her two sons, Bob and Ron Walker, had their Thanksgiving dinner disrupted by the back yard shootout and tear-gassing. It was the Walker brothers who called police after finding a strange man in the camper. For their troubles, the Walkers will receive $10,000 from Seafirst and Wells Fargo, bank officials said. Ten of the bank branches Scurlock and his accomplices struck in the Seattle area belonged to the two banks. |
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