FBI RELEASES ROBBERY PHOTOS : TWO BOFA BRANCHES HELD UP IN MONTH.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer FBI officials released bank surveillance camera photos of men who held up two 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. branches in the past month. The robberies occurred June 1 at the Littlerock branch and May 21 at the Lancaster Boulevard branch, officials said. In the Littlerock robbery, a man walked into the bank office at 8201 Pearblossom Highway at 11:35 a.m. June 1 and threw onto a counter a wallet, which opened to display a note reading: ``Put the money in the wallet or else you will die.'' The teller TELLER. An officer in a bank or other institution. He is said to take that name from tallier, or one who kept a tally, because it is his duty to keep the accounts between the bank or other institution and its customers, or to make their accounts tally. handed the man some money that contained an exploding packet of dye. When the packet exploded ex·plode v. ex·plod·ed, ex·plod·ing, ex·plodes v.intr. 1. To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space: as the robber walked out of the bank, he dropped most of the money and a white plastic squirt gun, officials said. The man had not shown the toy gun in the bank, officials said. The robber was last seen driving north on 82nd Street East in a red late-model Ford Ranger The Ford Ranger name is used on two distinct and unrelated pickup truck lines by the Ford Motor Company
The Littlerock robber was described as a white man in his early 30s, about 6-6 and 180 to 200 pounds. He had curly curl·y adj. curl·i·er, curl·i·est 1. Having curls. 2. Having the tendency to curl. 3. Having a wavy grain: curly maple wood. blond hair, glasses and was wearing a blue sweat shirt with a white shirt underneath, and light colored pants. In the Lancaster Boulevard robbery, the robber stood in line around 10:55 a.m. May 21 before handing a teller a note written on the back of a business card. FBI agents would not say what kind of business card. The teller handed the robber money she had just received from a previous customer and he ran out of the bank. The Lancaster robber was described as an African-American man, age 37 to 40, 5-10 and 135 pounds, with a light brown complexion complexion /com·plex·ion/ (kom-plek´shun) the color and appearance of the skin of the face. com·plex·ion n. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face. , a mustache and deep laugh lines, agents said. Three local Bank of America branches have been robbed since January, bringing the total number of banks robbed this year 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 to six - double the number hit by this time last year, officials said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) A surveillance camera snaps a shot of a man s uspected in the Littlerock BofA robbery. (2) A man standing in line at a BofA on Lancaster Boulevard is believed to have robbed the bank. |
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