CASHIERS ROBBED AT ART-CRAFT STORE.Byline: Erin Gebroe Daily News Staff Writer A gunman walked into an art supply store Monday morning, initially pretended pre·tend·ed adj. 1. Not genuine or sincere; feigned: a pretended interest in the proceedings. 2. Supposed; alleged: the pretended heir to the throne. to be a customer and minutes later robbed two cashiers, escaping with $255, police said. By the afternoon, police had no leads, but, using descriptions from witnesses, they created a composite image of the suspect to distribute to patrol officers, said sheriff's Detective Susan Vaziri. The man entered Michaels Arts & Crafts in the Valencia Marketplace just after the store opened at 9 a.m. and took a gift bag off the shelf. ``He came up to the counter as if he was a customer getting ready to pay for something, and he told (the cashier CASHIER. An officer of a moneyed institution, who is entitled by virtue of his office to take care of the cash or money of such institution. 2. The cashier of a bank is usually entrusted with all the funds of the bank, its notes, bills, and other choses in ) to put all the money in a bag,'' Vaziri said. He then went to a second cashier. ``He took the money out of the register himself. The girls just backed away,'' said Arlene, a store manager who would not give her last name. Vaziri said descriptions indicate the gun might have been a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Nobody in the store saw the gunman leave in a car, but police suspect he might have. ``I think there was a car waiting on the other side of the building,'' Vaziri said, adding that police have not connected the robber to any other crimes. Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's Capt. Don Rodriguez recently said business robberies tend to occur at locations along the Golden State and Antelope Valley freeways The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . ``The visibility and the accessibility off the freeway makes it somewhat more of a target,'' Rodriguez said. Robberies in Santa Clarita rose by 10 percent from 83 in 1997 to 91 in 1998, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sheriff's Department figures. Michaels is just outside the city limits, situated along the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , between the McBean Parkway and Lions Avenue on-ramps. Sheriff's deputies described the robber as a white male in his 30s or 40s wearing a hunter green hunter green n. A dark yellowish green. sweat shirt, black slacks and black knit gloves. The store manager said the cashiers were upset, but they stayed at work. ``I think we'll just be more aware of who's in the store,'' she said. |
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