SERGEANT TRACKS SUSPECTS ON COMPUTER.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A sheriff's sergeant was praised Thursday after his quick thinking resulted in the arrest of two bank robbery 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. suspects, sheriff's officials said. Sgt. Craig Petersen used a witness's report of a partial license number for the getaway vehicle, filling in the missing digits on his patrol car computer until he came up with a registration that matched the robbery suspect's vehicle and listed an address only two miles from the bank. ``It was an excellent, persistent piece of police work,'' said Sgt. Mike Parker Michael Parker (b. October 31, 1949) is a politician from the state of Mississippi. Parker was born in Laurel, Mississippi and he graduated from William Carey College with a BA in English in 1970. . ``With the partial license plate, the sergeant was able to expand on it.'' When Petersen arrived at the home at the 4500 block of Talento Way in Palmdale, near 45th Street West and Avenue N-8, he saw a man and the getaway vehicle, a gray Suburban, in an open garage. As neighbors were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. , deputies surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the home and telephoned the residence, ordering the occupants to come out. An elderly woman, a child and two men emerged. The two men, Allan Wilhem Goff, 54, of 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. and Calvin Edward Myvett, 20, of Palmdale, were arrested on suspicion of bank robbery. The Suburban was registered to Myvett at the Talento Way address. Officials suspect that Goff, Myvett and a third man robbed the Homes Savings of America at 50th Street West and Avenue M at 4 p.m. Wednesday, escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash. One robber carried a handgun. ``They ran into the bank without saying anything,'' said Gary Auer, FBI supervisor. ``They jumped the tellers cages and robbed the place.'' They drove off in a 1997 Nissan Sentra that they abandoned about a quarter-mile away. As Petersen examined the Nissan, which had been reported stolen in a carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger Sunday in West Los Angeles
Petersen then used his mobile digital computer to try the possible missing digits of the license plate, which led him to the Talento Way address. ``The assistance and observation of the witness was pivotal,'' Parker said. Deputies are still searching for a third suspect and for the money taken in the robbery. FBI officials say they believe one of the suspects from Wednesday's robbery was involved in an earlier 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 bank robbery. But they would not specify which suspect, or identify the robbery. |
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