2 GUNMEN ROB BANK MANAGER.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer Two armed men robbed a Woodland Hills bank manager Friday after they abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point him as he arrived at work and then bound him with duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. , police said. The manager was alone at the bank during the 7:30 a.m. robbery, said 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. police Lt. Ray Lombardo of the West Valley Division. No money appeared to have been taken from the Great Western Bank on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, although the manager was robbed, Lombardo said. The manager was about to unlock the bank's doors when two men carrying handguns accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. him, Lombardo said. The suspects wrapped the man in duct tape and left him in the closet. He managed to free himself after the robbers had gone, Lombardo said. Lombardo said it is likely the robbers had been watching the bank and studied the manager's movements so they could surprise him. ``If they were there at the bank and knew when the manager was coming, that would be an indication that they knew something about the bank,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Customers wait for the Great Western Bank to open after Friday's abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. robbery. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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