BRIEFLY.Bank bandit bandit: see brigandage. guilty of robberies The Armed Old Man Bandit will try his luck in prison. Edmond Sykes, a 54-year-old Encino resident with a penchant for poker, was convicted Thursday of six counts of bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. and three counts of bank robbery with a gun, FBI officials said. He could face up to 75 years in jail. Sykes, who was arrested in December while playing poker at Commerce Casino Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world.[1] Established in 1983, the casino accounted for 38% of Commerce's tax revenues for the 2006-2007 fiscal year. , was convicted of stealing nearly $45,000 at six banks. Officials accused him of stealing $18,957 at a seventh bank, but the jury could not reach a verdict on that charge. The FBI gave him the nickname of Armed Old Man Bandit, even though he occasionally claimed to be armed with a bomb. Sykes was convicted of robbing Bank of the West in Sherman Oaks on March 17, 2005; Manufacturer's Bank in Encino on May 13, 2005; Bank of Orange County in Glendale on Aug. 17, 2005; First Federal Bank in Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). on Sept. 29, 2005; Bank of the West in Glendale on Oct. 12, 2005; and First Commerce Bank in Encino on Nov. 25, 2005. He will be sentenced in June, officials said. - Daily News Oral Roberts falls, fractures his hip PALM SPRINGS - University founder and evangelist Oral Roberts fell and broke his hip at his home near Palm Springs, Oral Roberts University officials said Friday. Roberts, 88, broke his right hip Thursday night while on the way to the kitchen at his home. He was watching the NCAA basketball tournament There are six main NCAA Basketball Tournaments.
Roberts was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was expected to undergo surgery Friday. His son, Richard Roberts, was informed by a physician that the hip injury was a clean break and a full recovery was expected, the release said. - Associated Press Rewards renewed in 2 men's killings Rewards of $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspects in two separate homicides were renewed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. .
One reward is being offered for information on the gunman who fatally shot Jose Carreno as he drove through the 1500 block of North Hobart Boulevard in Hollywood on Dec. 11, 2004. Police believe Carreno was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a parking space and may have been the victim of an attempted carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger . The suspect in Carreno's killing was described as a Latino, about 5-foot-8 and weighing 160 pounds. Anyone with information about the killing can call the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Station at (213) 485-6571. The other reward is for information about a man who punched 59-year-old Jorge Rubalcava-Levi, who died from his injuries nine days later. Rubalcava-Levi was walking with three friends near Market Street and Pacific Avenue in Venice when a heavyset heav·y·set adj. Having a stout or compact build. Adj. 1. heavyset - having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" man walked up, punched him on the side of the head and fled just after 10 p.m. on April 30, 2005, according to police. Rubalcava was hospitalized and died from his injuries on May 9. Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call the LAPD's Pacific Division at (310) 840-2159. - City News Service Homemade bomb found in man's car SOUTH EL MONTE South El Monte, city (1990 pop. 20,850), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel Valley; inc. 1958. Manufactures include transportation equipment, electrical and plastic products, clothing, textiles, machinery, and furniture. There is poultry processing. - A driver who ran a stop sign Friday was arrested after authorities found what they described as a homemade gunpowder bomb in his car. Several industrial businesses were evacuated and a main boulevard in this suburb, about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , was closed for about four hours while a bomb squad removed the device, which was not connected to a detonator detonator (dĕ`tənā'tər), type of explosive that reacts with great rapidity and is used to set off other, more inert explosives. Fulminate of mercury mixed with potassium chlorate is a commonly used detonator. . Sheriff's officials said they did not believe that the driver, Dung Nguy, 34, had the bomb for terrorist purposes - but weren't sure why he did have it. ``It was just simply a guy who basically had this (improvised explosive device Noun 1. improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., IED explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy ) and what he was going to do with it ... is still under investigation,'' said a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. arson and explosives squad who identified herself as P. Rodriguez. She did not disclose the size or power of the device, but said even a small bomb could be dangerous in a car because it might hurl deadly shrapnel if it exploded. Nguy was arrested on suspicion of possessing a destructive device in public and was jailed with bail set at $500,000, said Lt. Jackie Fabrega of the Temple City sheriff's station. Nguy was pulled over about 5 a.m. in a red hatchback for failing to make a complete stop, sheriff's officials said. - Associated Press Computer blamed for data breach State officials are blaming a software glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. for sending 64,000 tax forms containing Social Security numbers and income information to the wrong addresses. Consumer advocates said the error could expose the intended recipients to identity theft. The 1099 tax forms were supposed to go to people who had changed addresses in the past 18 months and had received unemployment, paid family leave or disability benefits from the state. The Employment Development Department said the software garbled the addresses on the forms by combining old street addresses with the recipients' new cities and ZIP codes. Department spokeswoman Velessata Kelley said the forms were mailed in January and the error was discovered last month. Intended recipients were told about the error last week. - Associated Press Bokde confirmed to city panel seat The Los Angeles City Council on Friday unanimously confirmed urban planner Alina Bokde to the Environmental Affairs Commission. The five-member commission oversees the city's Environmental Affairs Department and reviews how proposed projects will impact the local environment. - City News Service |
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