DEPUTIES SEEK MASKED GUNMAN AFTER ROBBERY AT LANCASTER THRIFT.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - A masked A state of being disabled or cut off. gunman robbed a Lancaster financial institution and escaped in a minivan, deputies said. Deputies watched 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. and searched for the getaway vehicle, but it disappeared after the 9 a.m. Friday robbery at Fireside Thrift thrift: see leadwort. in the 43900 block of 15th Street West. No one was hurt in the robbery, deputies said. The robber, armed with a pistol, was described as an African-American man in his 30s, wearing a black sweat shirt and black pants and with a surgical-type mask over his face. He drove off in a red Ford Aerostar The Ford Aerostar was Ford's first minivan, and was introduced as a 1986 model in summer 1985. Although introduced to compete with the front-wheel drive Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager twins, it was a rear-wheel drive minivan, like the Chevrolet Astro and Toyota Van. minivan. Anyone with information on the suspect was asked to call the Lancaster Sheriff's Station at (661) 948-8466. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sheriff's deputies investigate a robbery at Fireside Bank in Lancaster on Friday morning. Authorities are searching for the suspect, who left the scene in a red Ford Aerostar minivan. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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