ROBBERS USE TOY PISTOL IN STICKUP.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Daily News Staff Writer An elderly man and his wife were robbed outside their home Thursday Thursday: see week. afternoon by two young men who apparently followed them home from a bank, sheriff's officials said. The couple - both about 65 years old, and the woman reliant on a walker - had just gotten out of their car at their home in the 4300 block of Conestoga Canyon Road about 1:30 p.m. when they were approached by the men, both about 19 and one carrying what later proved to be a toy pistol. ``They got accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. somewhere between the driveway and their front door,'' said sheriff's Deputy Lauren Brown. ``They took his wallet See digital wallet. , his license and his credit cards.'' Inside the man's wallet was about $1,000 from cashing several checks, including a Social Security check, at 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 inside the Lucky supermarket at 47th Street East and Avenue S. ``It's a good possibility that these suspects watched the victims at the bank,'' said Deputy Brad Reinford. Officials said the man put up a brief struggle with one of the bandits, causing him to drop the gun he was carrying. The gun turned out to be a plastic toy, deputies said. Authorities said the same men might have tried and failed hours earlier to rob an apartment manager who had just returned from another Palmdale bank. |
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