AWARD OFFERED IN CREDIT UNION HEIST.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Edwards Federal Credit Union announced Friday that it is offering a $4,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two armed men who robbed the credit union's Lancaster office. Credit union officials hope the reward - $2,000 for each robber - will help spur the public into helping authorities snag the suspects, who left money scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. in a stolen 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 . ``We want to aid the law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). in their pursuit of these criminals,'' said Thomas Craft, the credit union's president and chief executive officer. ``We want to get them off the streets.'' The FBI released descriptions of the suspects on Friday. One of the robbers was described as an African-American male, age 18 to 20, 5 feet 10 to 6 feet tall, weighing between 155 and 160 pounds, of a thin to medium build, and wearing a black jacket with the word ``security'' on the back in white letters. He was armed with a .357-caliber revolver revolver: see small arms. revolver Pistol with a revolving cylinder that provides multishot action. Some early versions, known as pepperboxes, had several barrels, but as early as the 17th century pistols were being made with a revolving chamber to . The second suspect was described as a Latino male, age 18 to 19, 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 9, and weighing between 145 to 150 pounds, FBI agent Charles Empey said. He is said to have a narrow ``baby face'' and dark eyebrows with narrow or small eyes. He was wielding wield tr.v. wield·ed, wield·ing, wields 1. To handle (a weapon or tool, for example) with skill and ease. 2. To exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively. See Synonyms at handle. a shotgun and wearing a light-colored hooded hood·ed adj. 1. Covered with or having a hood. 2. Shaped like a hood, cowl, or similar covering. 3. Zoology a. Having coloration or a crest suggesting a hood. b. sweat shirt. People with information are asked to call the Sheriff's Department at (805) 948-8466, or the FBI at (805) 948-9399. The robbers - one wearing a red ski mask, the other in a purple ski mask - carried a handgun and rifle into the credit union branch on 10th Street West at Avenue J-4 shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday. The robbers gave orders for a manager to open the vault. Other employees, as well as customers, were ordered to lie down on the floor, officials said. The robbers were last seen driving east on Avenue J-4 in a two-door Honda with a sunroof, Empey said. The car, which had been reported stolen five days earlier in Lancaster, was found in an alley east of Beech beech, common name for the Fagaceae, a family of trees and shrubs mainly of temperate and subtropical regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus Avenue and south of Avenue J-4, Empey said. A bundle of money was left in the car, and some of it was dropped outside the car. ``We believe they got out of the first car, jumped over a block wall and entered a switch vehicle,'' Empey said. No shots were fired and no one was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . ``We have reason to believe that they are local, just from the initial information we have from the stolen vehicle and information obtained from the bank,'' Empey said. |
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