`DOWN, OUT BANDIT' SUSPECT ARRESTED.Byline: Greg Gittrich Daily News Staff Writer A man suspected of being the pockmarked pock·mark n. 1. A pitlike scar left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease. 2. A small pit on a surface: The gophers left the lawn covered with pockmarks. tr.v. and sickly serial bank robber dubbed the ``down and out bandit'' was arrested Thursday in West Los Angeles
Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. resident James Lee James Lee is the name of:
v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. by a teller who yelled out that he was wanted by the FBI for a string of bank robberies, Los Angeles police spokesman Don Cox said. Morris, suspected of pulling off 11 bank robberies in Los Angeles since Jan. 2, dashed out of the bank and hailed a taxi, police said. Witnesses flagged down a passing patrol car, and the officers followed the taxi to Barrington Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, where the man and driver jumped out of the cab, police said. The suspect fled into a nearby shoe store with the officers a few yards behind him. The suspect, who had a gun on him, struggled to get it while police were holding him. One of the officers reached for the weapon, and it fired but did not hit anyone, police said. The arrest came one day after Robert J. Mack, supervisory special agent of the FBI's Los Angeles Bank Robbery Squad, described the wanted gunman to the Daily News. Referring to witness reports, Mack depicted the bandit bandit: see brigandage. as ``just sickly looking'' and ``cadaver-like,'' saying he had open sores or scabs on his arms and an ``orange complexion.'' Mack said the man seemed to be getting ``thinner and sicker-looking with each robbery.'' Wielding a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, the bandit began his string of holdups Jan. 2 at a Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. on West Beverly Boulevard in Beverly Hills, Mack said. During the past four months, he has robbed banks in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Malibu. Hitting six banks this month alone, he struck twice Tuesday at a City National Bank and a Marathon National Bank, both located on West Olympic Boulevard in West Los Angeles, federal agents said. Investigators suspect the bandit also carjacked a late model, four-door Mercedes 190 in West Los Angeles last week on his way to robbing a Malibu bank. Daily News Staff Writer Troy Anderson contributed to this story. |
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