ROBBERS FLEE BANK HOLDUP.Byline: - Daily News Police are seeking two suspects who robbed a Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. bank Thursday afternoon in Woodland Hills before a dye pack A dye pack is a device used by banks to foil bank robbers non-violently. Banks put dye packs in money given up during robberies. The dye pack is an incendiary device that explodes in a shower of colored ink, and sometimes tear gas, intended to permanently stain the stolen exploded, spilling cash on the street, and one of the men was hit by a car. The 2 p.m. incident occurred at the bank in the 20000 block of Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. , said Los Angeles Police Sgt. Jay Bender. Bender said one of the suspects carried a sawed-off shotgun. As one of the suspects was fleeing, the dye pack exploded, Bender said. One suspect was also hit by a car in the parking lot. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Marty Fentress collects money dropped by bandits after a bank robbery. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News |
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