ROBBERS' BULLETS TERRIFY WINNETKA BANK CUSTOMERS.Byline: Jaxon Jaxon was the pen name of Jack Jackson (May 15, 1941–June 8, 2006), a US cartoonist. Many consider him the first underground comix artist. He co-founded the seminal Rip Off Press. Jack Jackson was born in 1941 in Pandora, Texas. Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer In the second such violent holdup in a month, two masked A state of being disabled or cut off. men entered a 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. branch Friday morning and opened fire with automatic weapons, terrorizing customers before fleeing with a large bag crammed cram v. crammed, cram·ming, crams v.tr. 1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. 2. To fill too tightly. 3. a. To gorge with food. with cash. FBI officials said they believe the robbers are the same ones who held up a Van Nuys Bank of America branch May 2. ``They are extremely dangerous Exteremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-MI5 undercover agent convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child who goes on the run to try and clear his name. He sets out to follow up a strange clue sent to him in prison. ,'' said John Hoos, a spokesman for the FBI. ``Anytime you have individuals coming into a bank, with people inside, cranking off rounds in each robbery - it is obvious we have individuals who have no regard for life.'' Bank officials said they have upped a reward to $100,000 for help in solving the crimes. On Friday, a 27-year-old bank employee, seven months pregnant, was taken to a hospital after being injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. and traumatized in the 10 a.m. holdup, which occurred at the branch at 20118 Roscoe Blvd. near Winnetka Avenue, fire officials said. The woman suffered a minor wound to her leg, apparently inflicted when she was ordered to get down, fire officials said. Three other women, ages 50 to 74, were examined at the scene for minor injuries. Also among the injured, said FBI officials, were two bank employees hit by flying debris debris /de·bris/ (de-bre´) fragments of devitalized tissue or foreign matter. In dentistry, soft foreign material loosely attached to a tooth surface. after shots fired by the men, who opened up with automatic rifles soon after coming into the branch. ``All of a sudden, I heard the sound of gunfire. I hit the deck,'' said Bill Borkin of Northridge, who came to the bank with his friend, Amelia Amelia despite financial woes, remains faithful to Booth. [Br. Lit.: Amelia] See : Faithfulness Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. Franks. ``They fired just to scare people.'' Borkin, 74, said a customer's dog panicked at the sound of the gunfire and that he had to restrain it. He suffered a wound on his left wrist when the dog scratched him. ``The dog went crazy. The woman could hardly handle it . . . The guy would have shot the dog if the dog got up.'' Borkin heard the assailants shouting at the manager in an effort to get into the vault vault, ceiling over a room, formed in any one of a variety of curved shapes. Nature of Vaults A vault is generally composed of separate units of material, such as bricks, tiles, or blocks of stone, so shaped or cut that when assembled they form a . ``They had this great big case. He was dragging it. He couldn't lift it,'' Borkin said. ``It was definitely a takeover robbery,'' said FBI spokesman Hoos. ``Fortunately, no one was hurt seriously.'' He said the robbers ordered the customers to the floor, then opened fire. ``They entered the bank, shot into the plexiglass wall,'' he said. ``Anytime you go into a bank and open up with an automatic weapon, it is very dangerous situation.'' The robbers are described as 5-foot-11 to 6-foot-1, with large builds, wearing ski masks, dark jackets and gloves. In the May 2 holdup at Woodman Avenue and Wyandotte Wyandotte (wī`əndŏt), industrial city (1990 pop. 30,938), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit on the Detroit River; inc. as a city 1867. Salt deposits there supply the city's extensive chemical industry. Street in Van Nuys, masked robbers terrorized customers and fired automatic weapons into a door leading to the vault. The three men in that incident wore clothing similar to those in the Winnetka holdup. ``They are connected,'' Hoos said. ``We strongly believe (the Winnetka robbers) are the same individuals that robbed the Bank of America on Woodman.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Roger Smith, left, comforts his friend Al Plume, who breaks down recounting Friday's violent Bank of America holdup. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News (2) Bill Borkin, who was inside the bank with his friend Amelia Franks, suffered a scratch on his left wrist from a customer's dog, which he restrained from panicking further after the gunfire. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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