`TO GO' ROBBER HITS N. HOLLYWOOD BANK.

Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer

The bank robber nicknamed the ``To Go'' bandit struck Monday in North Hollywood, his seventh heist in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles 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, 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 and Los Angeles.

At a Washington Mutual Bank in East Los Angeles 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.

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