'MUMBLES BANDIT' SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer A man FBI and LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officials suspect is the ``Mumbles For the record label, see . Mumbles (otherwise, The Mumbles – Welsh Y Mwmbwls) is a large village with adjacent headland stretching into Swansea Bay. It is also a community made up of the Mayals, Newton, Oystermouth, Norton and West Cross electoral wards. Bandit'' - an individual believed responsible for a string of bank robberies throughout 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. - was arrested Thursday, authorities said. Parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer William Ross Phillips, 48, who previously has been convicted of three bank robberies, was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery and was being held without bail, said Detective John Wong of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . ``It puts a lot of relief on a lot of banks he's been hitting,'' Wong said. ``He's been terrifying ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. a lot of banks in the Valley because he'd hit them (more than once).'' Authorities said the Mumbles Bandit - so named by the FBI because he mumbles his demands - began hitting Valley banks in January and is a suspect in 16 bank robberies, including Friday's at First Bank and Trust in Encino. Police appealed to the public for help and received some leads after a photo of the suspect was publicized, said LAPD Detective Joe O'Donnell. On Thursday, police set up a surveillance and stopped Phillips at Balboa Boulevard and Sherman Way, where he was taken into custody. Police recovered a toy gun from his vehicle, O'Donnell said. The bandit would walk into a bank, display what appeared to be a gun and demand money, O'Donnell said. No injuries were reported during the series bank robberies attributed to the bandit, authorities said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: William Ross Phillips, a suspect in 16 bank robberies, is put into an LAPD squad car Thursday in Van Nuys. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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