CHASE COVERS THREE FREEWAYS BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER HOURLONG PURSUIT.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer After an hourlong, high-speed chase on three freeways Friday, police captured a 43-year-old man suspected of robbing at least four banks in 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. - including the branch where he banked. David DeLeon, who was on parole for 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. , was arrested about 9:45 a.m. after California Highway Patrol officers laid down a spike strip to stop him, officials said. He was arrested on suspicion of robbery and felony evading. The pursuit began at his girlfriend's home in Granada Hills about 8:30 a.m. as undercover officers were watching the home near Polk Street and the Foothill Freeway, said Lt. Jim Grayson of the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Section. ``He showed up there driving a stolen car,'' Grayson said. When officers approached him, DeLeon fled onto the Foothill Freeway. Officers followed DeLeon, who drove erratically at speeds of up to 90 mph, said Lancaster CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Sgt. Tom Lackey. He went onto 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. and then the Antelope Valley Freeway 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. . He was finally stopped on the Antelope Valley Freeway at Silver Queen Mine Road in Mojave. Nobody was injured and there were no crashes during the pursuit, Lackey said. Officers thought he was armed with a gun - but it wound up being a cell phone that he was using to make calls during the pursuit. Investigators suspect him in five bank robberies - including one Feb. 7 at his own branch at 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. at 16944 San Fernando Mission Blvd. in Granada Hills - where he holds a merchant account, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Mike Mejia. He may have robbed one bank twice, investigators said. At several banks, he threatened to shoot tellers, said Laura Bosley, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles. In one robbery, he told a teller, ``I'm asking you the last time, do you want to be shot,'' Bosley said. In another, he said, ``Hurry up, or I'll blow your head off.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A green minivan driven by a man suspected of at least four bank robberies in the San Fernando Valley leads police on a three-freeway pursuit Friday. The hourlong chase ended when CHP officers used a spike strip to stop the vehicle. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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