`TYPED-NOTE' BANDIT SOUGHT IN BANK HEIST.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer FBI investigators believe a suspect in more than 30 Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, bank robberies was responsible for robbing a Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. Bank branch in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. on Tuesday morning. The branch at 140 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. was robbed at 10:45 a.m. by a man who handed a note to a teller. The typewritten type·write intr. & tr.v. type·wrote , type·writ·ten , type·writ·ing, type·writes To engage in writing or to write (matter) with a typewriter. note demanded cash and said the robber had a gun, though no weapon was seen. The man walked away from the bank with an undetermined amount of money, officials said. The suspect was described as a white male, about 6 feet tall and weighing around 180 pounds. He was wearing a Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney animated series aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. Twenty-six episodes total were produced. cap, blue jeans blue jeans also blue·jeans pl.n. Clothes, especially pants, made of blue denim. blue jeans npl → tejanos mpl; vaqueros mpl and a T-shirt. Gary Auer, special agent for the Ventura office of the FBI, said investigators believe that ``the typed-note bandit'' was responsible for the robbery. Auer said the man is wanted in connection with four other bank robberies in Ventura County this year and more than 30 others in Southern California dating back more than a year. The Ventura County robberies he is suspected of committing occurred May 4 in Westlake Village, May 7 in Thousand Oaks, May 14 in Ventura and July 8 in Ventura. Tuesday's robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank branch was number 39 for the county so far in 1996, compared to 31 during the same period in 1995, Auer said. ``We are essentially on our normal pace,'' said Auer, who noted that typically 50 to 55 bank robberies occur in the county each year. Ventura County Crime Stoppers stoppers see stopper pad. will pay up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and criminal complaint against someone responsible for this crime. Phone (805) 494-TALK. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) A man reads a note announcing the closure of the Wells Fargo Bank at 140 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. after a robbery Tuesday. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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