BOTCHED JOB; ROBBER HITS BANK, THROWS AWAY CASH.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. Bank branch robbed March 2 was hit again Wednesday, but most of the money was recovered near the scene after a dye pack A dye pack is a device used by banks to foil bank robbers non-violently. Banks put dye packs in money given up during robberies. The dye pack is an incendiary device that explodes in a shower of colored ink, and sometimes tear gas, intended to permanently stain the stolen hidden with the cash exploded, officials said. The suspect, described as a 35- to 40-year-old white man, entered the bank at 16520 Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road about 10 a.m., officials said. He passed a note demanding money to an employee, then fled with a plastic Sav-on bag filled with cash. The robber drove away in a white Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a compact car produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the bestselling car in the world, with over 30 million sold as of 2007. , but tossed the bag away when a dye pack tucked in with the money exploded, sheriff's Deputy Dave Furedi said. Juan Gutierrez, a tire salesman at a nearby Unocal 76 station, said he walked over to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye the bag until police arrived and noticed a tattooed man The Tattooed Man is the name of two of Green Lantern's greatest enemies, as well as of one related character. Abel Tarrant The first Tattooed Man first appeared in Green Lantern v2, #23 (September 1963). with curly blond hair walking toward him. Although Gutierrez warned the man not to touch anything, the man reached into the bag, grabbed a piece of paper and ran back toward his car. ``He was shaking really bad,'' Gutierrez said. ``I'm sure he was scared.'' < The paper retrieved from the bag may have been the note used during the bank robbery and the robber may have come back for it because it had his fingerprints on it, Furedi said. Wednesday's robbery was the latest in a series of heists at local banks. In addition to the two robberies at the Canyon Country branch, the Washington Mutual office in Valencia was robbed Feb. 1, and 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. in Saugus was robbed Feb. 11. Those February heists are believed to be the work of the man deputies have dubbed the Kangaroo Bandit bandit: see brigandage. because he wears a backpack on his chest, much like a kangaroo's pouch. Authorities said the bank robbed Wednesday is close to the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, which may have made it an easy target for the robber. ``That is one of the most commonly hit banks because of its location,'' said sheriff's Sgt. Howard Fairchild. Washington Mutual spokesman Tim McGarry said that before March 2, the bank on Soledad had not been robbed for four years. ``There is no basis for any speculation that Washington Mutual Banks are being specifically targeted,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Sheriff's deputies, above, take photographs of the bag of money dropped by the man who robbed Washington Mutual Bank on Wednesday. Below, the money was stained when a planted dye pack exploded, sending the robber fleeing without the cash. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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