3 AREA BANKS ROBBED.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer Robbers hit three Ventura County banks in 24 hours this weekend, targeting banks 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. , Camarillo and Ventura. Police do not believe that there is any connection between the three robberies, though the two east county banks were held up within five hours of each other Saturday. Three masked robbers walked into the Wescom Credit Union Wescom Credit Union is a credit union and financial services company serving Southern California. It has over $3.8 billion in assets and more than 295,000 members[1]. on Thousand Oaks Boulevard 10 minutes after employees opened the doors at 9 a.m. Saturday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police reports. The three men, wearing dark clothes and ski masks, brandished handguns and ordered the 13 tellers on duty away from their stations. Only one customer was in the credit union at the time. The three men cleared the drawers of cash, and then ran out of the building to a getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite parked behind a fried chicken restaurant. Police described the car as a metallic green compact. Sheriff's deputies and Thousand Oaks police arrived at the scene within three minutes, but the suspects were gone. The Ventura County sheriff's air unit searched the area for one hour to no avail. The early morning robbery is the second in Thousand Oaks this year. A second east county bank was held up five hours later in Camarillo. Police reported that at about 1:50 p.m. a white male wearing a straw cowboy hat and sunglasses walked into a Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. branch on Ponderosa Drive and handed a teller a hold-up note. The robber appeared to have a handgun tucked into the waistband of his pants. The teller handed over the cash, and the robber ran from the scene. Sheriff's deputies and Camarillo police launched a ground and air search but failed to find the suspect. An American Savings Bank savings bank, financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest return to its depositors in the form of interest. branch on Victoria Avenue in Ventura was the scene of the weekend's first holdup Friday afternoon. A masked man armed with a handgun robbed a lone teller at about 2:30 p.m. He also ran from the scene and was not apprehended. Ventura County Crime Stoppers stoppers see stopper pad. will pay up to $1,000 for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for these crimes. Calls to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers at 494-TALK (Thousand Oaks and Moorpark) or 987-TALK (Camarillo, Oxnard and Ventura). |
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