BRIEFLY : BANK IN CAMARILLO ROBBED BY GUNMEN.CAMARILLO - Two gunmen got away with an undisclosed amount of cash during a takeover robbery at American Commercial Bank American Commercial Bank was formed in 1957 from the merger of Commercial Financial Bank and American Trust Co., in Charlotte, North Carolina. A predecessor to North Carolina National Bank (NCNB). , FBI officials said Thursday. The two men entered the bank Wednesday afternoon, waving a gun and ordering customers to the ground. After grabbing the money, they fled through the back door and drove away in a green sport-utility vehicle sport-u·til·i·ty vehicle n. Abbr. SUV A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a roomy body, designed for off-road travel. , authorities said. The vehicle was found by Camarillo police later, a few blocks from the bank. A check of its license plate showed that it had been stolen from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . - Daily News Identity theft probe leads to an arrest MOORPARK - A seven-month investigation has led to the arrest of a 52-year-old Moorpark woman on suspicion of identity theft, authorities said Thursday. Benilda Olivo was arrested Wednesday and jailed in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $80,000 bail. Police began investigating when a woman reported that Olivo had obtained credit cards in the woman's name and racked up $40,000 in charges and cash advances. Police later identified two other women in Los Angeles County who said Olivo befriended them and told them that she was a million-dollar lottery winner. She then told them that one of her relatives was ill and asked for a large loan, promising to pay it back with interest when her lottery winnings came through. The victims gave her a total of $60,000 but never heard from her again. - Daily News Reward is offered in school break-in MOORPARK - Vandals broke into a classroom at Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] over the long Memorial Day weekend, taking a school cell phone, police said Thursday. Authorities said a television and videocassette recorder videocassette recorder (VCR), device that can record television programs or the images from a video camera on magnetic tape (see tape recorder); it can also play prerecorded tapes. also were missing from the classroom but were found near a fence - an indication that the vandals might have tried to steal them but couldn't get them out. Ventura County Crime Stoppers stoppers see stopper pad. is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person or people responsible for the theft. An anonymous call can be made to Crime Stoppers at 494-TALK. - Daily News |
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