BANK HEISTS FOILED FAKE-OUT STALLS DUO.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer Two unrelated bank robberies in the Northwest Valley were thwarted Friday when police caught the suspects in one attempted holdup and a bank employee faked a heart attack during a second incident, police and witnesses said. James W. Miller, 19, and Christopher Turner, 21, both from 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. , were booked on suspicion of armed bank robbery in the attempted takeover-style heist of a 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 at 10225 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, said 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 . Officer Eduardo
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The incident began about 10:20 a.m. when the suspects, armed with shotguns and an automatic handgun, forced employees and customers to the ground before taking cash from various teller windows and fleeing, police said. The suspects fled in a car. Police caught up with them, and the suspects pulled over and ran into the playground of a school near the corner of Mayall Street and Petit PETIT, sometimes corrupted into petty. A French word signifying little, small. It is frequently used, as petit larceny, petit jury, petit treason. PETIT, TREASON, English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a husband by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man. Avenue, where police apprehended them. Officers said the suspects were caught with a guitar case containing the weapons used in the robbery. The two are being held on $160,000 bail each at the Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally with the prosaic name, the Police Administration Building, ground for the center was broken on December 30, 1952 jail, Funes said. About half an hour later, at 10:47 a.m., two men with masks and handguns attempted to rob a First Western Bank at 21821 Devonshire St., Chatsworth, police said. When the Chatsworth suspects tried to force an employee to open the bank's vault, she feigned feigned adj. 1. Not real; pretended: a feigned modesty. 2. Made-up; fictitious. Adj. 1. a heart attack, one witness said. At the same time, another employee set off an alarm, and a postal carrier unknowingly walked into the crime scene and quickly exited to call 911. At that time, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Victor Masi, the two suspects fled on foot with apparently no money taken and are still at large. ``The good thing is that no one was hurt,'' Masi said. ``We believe they both had handguns.'' The postal worker A postal worker is one who works for a post office, such as a mail carrier. In the U.S., postal workers are represented by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union - NPMHU and the American Postal Workers Union, part of the AFL-CIO. , who declined to give his name, said he was delivering mail and didn't even notice the robbery attempt until he walked in the door. ``It just happened in a few seconds,'' he said. ``I'm thankful no one was hurt.'' The brother of a bank employee, who declined to give his name, said his sister faked a heart attack to stall the would-be robbers. Uri Yossefi, who owns Chatsworth Cleaners across the street, said the police arrived almost immediately. ``We didn't even notice the robbery until after the police arrived,'' he said. ``These things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. are very worrisome. I was in a bank that was robbed once ... it really shakes you up.'' The suspects in the Chatsworth attempted robbery were described as African-American men wearing masks and dark clothing, one about 25 to 27 years old and 5 feet, 5 inches tall. The second was described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall with a thin to medium build. CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: An LAPD officer keeps a lookout around First Western Bank in Chatsworth on Friday. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer Map: FRIDAY BANK HOLD-UP |
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