ROBBERS CARRY OUT 2ND HEIST.Byline: ANGIE VALENCIA-MARTINEZ Staff Writer WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- The same men who posed as security guards while robbing a Sun Valley bank earlier this week are believed to have held up a Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. Bank and Trust branch Thursday, authorities said. The heist, at 101 N. Westlake Blvd., occurred shortly after noon, said Capt. Guy Stewart of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. . The three to four black men, who did not appear to use any firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. or weapon in Thursday's heist, fled with an unknown amount of cash. No one was injured. At least two of them were dressed as security guards, but unlike the robbery Tuesday at Mission Valley Bank in Sun Valley, the robbers did not conceal their faces. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said based on the men's description and other factors, the group appears to be connected to other bank robberies 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. in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area. ``They're believed to be connected to Tuesday's robbery as well as a group that's committed up to a dozen robberies in Los Angeles County (since April),'' Eimiller said. In the latest bank robbery, the men stormed into the Westlake Village branch and ordered the customers to lie on the floor. Two of the robbers jumped over the counter and took an undisclosed amount of money from the vault, police said. They were seen leaving the area in a green Pontiac Grand Am The Pontiac Grand Am was originally a mid-size car and later a compact car that was produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors. The Grand Am had two separate 3-year runs in the '70s: from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1980. It was based on the GM A platform. , which sheriff's deputies spotted on the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. near the Parkway Calabasas exit in Los Angeles County. The car left the freeway at the Fallbrook Avenue exit in Woodland Hills, and deputies pursued it on surface streets. But because of heavy traffic and to avoid endangering the public, deputies slowed down and the robbers got away. Their car was eventually found abandoned in the area. At least two of the robbers are then believed to have stolen a gardener's truck to get away and another is believed to have fled on foot. Also on Thursday, a man was arrested in Van Nuys in connection with the 9 a.m. robbery of 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 in Woodland Hills. The 35-year-old man is suspected in a series of bank robberies, Eimiller said. Police said the man, whose name was not immediately released, handed a note to a teller before escaping in a car with an undetermined amount of money. A description of the vehicle led police to the suspect, said Los Angeles police Detective Paul Coulter. Anyone with information on the robberies can call the FBI at (310) 477-6565. angie.valencia(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3699 |
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