`TO GO' ROBBER HITS N. HOLLYWOOD BANK.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer The bank robber nicknamed the ``To Go'' bandit bandit: see brigandage. struck Monday in North Hollywood, his seventh heist in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and 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. area, authorities said. He earned his nickname because he frequently asks tellers for ``To Go'' bags and says he's sorry before fleeing, said Laura Bosley, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles. Despite his moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. , the bank robber brought his own cotton beige bag Monday to Wells Fargo about 2 p.m. in the 12100 block of Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, the FBI said. But he didn't forget his manners, Bosley said. ``He said, `This is a robbery. Don't say anything. Give me the money from the other drawer. I'm sorry,' '' Bosley said. The robber is described as a 150-pound Latino in his mid-20s, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall. In Monday's robbery, he was wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap, a beige T-shirt and dark blue pants. No weapons were seen in any of the robberies he has pulled off since July 6, said Los Angeles police Detective Jim Fountain of the Robbery-Homicide Division downtown. Detectives say the man in Monday's heist fits the description of six other bank robberies, including those in Reseda, San Fernando, Sun Valley, Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. and Los Angeles. At a Washington Mutual Bank in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. on July 30, the bandit was overheard saying after robbing the bank, ``I'm sorry this happened to you. Please don't tell anyone until I walk out the door, OK?'' Bosley said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI at (310) 477-6565. |
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