BANDITS STRIKE MARKET BANK.Byline: Greg GREG Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River (US National Park Service) Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Investigators searched for two men who robbed a bank branch Thursday inside a Lancaster supermarket. The two bank robbers matched the description of two men who robbed a check-cashing business Wednesday afternoon, deputies said. ``There was no weapon seen but that doesn't mean they didn't have one,'' Deputy Mark Round said of the bank robbers. ``We won't know until we get them in custody.'' The pair entered the Albertson's grocery in the 43500 block of 20th Street West in Lancaster about 9:30 a.m. and headed straight for the 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 inside. They approached a teller TELLER. An officer in a bank or other institution. He is said to take that name from tallier, or one who kept a tally, because it is his duty to keep the accounts between the bank or other institution and its customers, or to make their accounts tally. and handed her a note indicating that they were robbing the bank and wanted her to hand over all the money from the teller drawers. The teller complied and handed over an undisclosed amount of money. The two fled the store and ran to a small white car, with red stripes on the trunk A communications channel between two points. It generally refers to a high-bandwidth, fiber-optic line between telephone switching centers (central offices). Telephone "trunks" handle thousands of simultaneous voice and data signals, whereas telephone "lines" are the wires from the , sitting in the parking lot. They drove out of the parking lot, and headed east on Avenue K and out of sight. The two men were described as African-Americans about 18 years old and standing about 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds. Both had their hair in cornrows Cornrows are a traditional style of hair grooming of African origin where the hair is tightly braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to produce a continuous, raised row. and were wearing dark baseball caps and blue shirts. They were also wearing some type of headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. during the robbery. The men in Wednesday's robbery were also wearing black baseball caps and blue shirts. They held up the Advance America cash advance store in the 1700 block of East Avenue J. Anyone with information as to the identities of the robbers or the incident itself is asked to call the Lancaster sheriff's station at (661) 948-8466. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com |
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