FBI AGENTS SNARE SUSPECT IN 'RED EYE BANDIT' CASE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A Palmdale man dubbed the "Red Eye Bandit bandit: see brigandage. ," wanted in connection with 15 bank robberies, was caught Wednesday night in Riverside County following a two-hour search, FBI officials said. Ex-convict William Artell Miles was arrested in Perris, a small city about 15 miles south of Riverside, after FBI officials spotted him in front of a relative's house. "He's a good one to get in custody, because there was a strong chance that he was going to continue," said Randy Parsons, supervisory senior resident agent at the FBI's Riverside office. The 40-year-old man, who became known as the "Red Eye Bandit" after witnesses at several banks said the robber had bloodshot blood·shot adj. Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels, as of the eyes. bloodshot Vox populi adjective eyes and a heavy odor of alcohol on his breath, was arrested on suspicion of committing 15 bank robberies - eight in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . He was identified in November after Antelope Valley residents recognized him from a bank surveillance camera photo published in local newspapers. Since then, Miles is suspected of committing four more robberies. At 4 p.m. Wednesday, FBI Agent Mark Enyart spotted Miles standing outside a Perris home believed to be occupied by his cousin. "Miles was spotted, knew something was up and took off," Parsons said. Two hours later, as FBI agents and Perris police searched the area, Miles was sighted near a pay phone in a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into and arrested without incident. FBI officials were not sure if Miles had been hiding out at the home in Perris and were still investigating the possibility. Some of Miles' belongings were also found in the home, Parsons said. Since August 1994, robberies attributed to Miles include six at Palmdale banks, two at Lancaster banks, two at banks in Moreno Valley Moreno Valley (mərē`nō), city (1990 pop. 118,779), Riverside co., S Calif., inc. 1984. In 1990, Moreno Valley was California's fastest-growing city, with a population increase of more than 300% between 1980 and 1990, but major reductions , a Colton bank robbed twice and individual robberies in North Hollywood, Northridge and Pasadena, FBI officials said. Officials would not disclose how much money was stolen. In his last robbery 10 days ago, the robber walked into a First Interstate Bank in Moreno Valley where he presented a teller a note reading "robbery." He told the teller: "I'm not kidding. I want your 50's," then, before leaving, said "Thank you, have a nice day." No weapons were seen in any of the robberies, FBI officials said. Miles has been a Palmdale resident for the past two years and before that lived 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. , FBI officials said. 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. prison officials, Miles was sent to state prison in 1985 after a robbery conviction Noun 1. robbery conviction - conviction for robbery judgment of conviction, sentence, conviction, condemnation - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" and was paroled the following year. |
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