T.O. BANK ROBBED; FBI SAYS CRIME TIED TO 20 OTHERS.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer California Federal Bank California Federal Bank, often abbreviated to "Cal Fed", was a savings and loan bank in California. It existed from 1926 until 2002, when its parent company Golden State Bancorp was acquired by Citigroup, resulting in the bank being merged into Citibank. on Moorpark Road was robbed Tuesday morning by a man who FBI agents suspect has robbed more than 20 banks in the region over the past three years. A white male wearing a white T-shirt, jeans and a red baseball cap handed a note to a teller about 11:10 a.m. and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash, 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. reported. The FBI agent investigating the robbery said the same man also is suspected of robbing the same bank branch in May 1994, as well as the 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 on Townsgate Road on Saturday, and the First Interstate Bank on Moorpark Road in August 1994. ``We think this is the guy. He's a serial robber,'' said Special Agent Larry Dick. ``It could be the same guy who's been extremely active in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, since 1993.'' Dick said the man is suspected in a string of robberies reported from Woodland Hills east to Glendora dating to 1993. ``The clothing changes. The style of the robbery is the key,'' Dick explained. ``It's the way the note is done and things like that that make this guy unique.'' Cindy Meyer, manager at the California Federal Bank branch on Moorpark Road, said the man did not display a weapon and there were no injuries during Tuesday's robbery. ``It was quick and dirty,'' Meyer said. ``They don't occur too often thankfully.'' Meyer said the bank branch did not reopen Tuesday. Sheriff's patrols joined by FBI agents searched the area in central Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. with assistance from a sheriff's helicopter. Witnesses told investigators a man matching the robber's physical description was seen driving from the area in a charcoal-gray sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. . The vehicle had not been found and no arrests had been made by late Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. On Saturday, a white male wearing a white T-shirt, jeans and a red baseball cap robbed the Wells Fargo Bank on Townsgate Road about 11:38 a.m. Sheriff's officials said the robber also handed a note to a teller and ran from the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. The Thousand Oaks bank heists Bank Heist is a maze video game developed by 20th Century Fox for the Atari 2600. Each level in Bank Heist is a maze-like city (similar to Pac-Man). The objective of the game is to rob as many banks as possible while avoiding the police. have helped boost the total number of robberies in the county to 18 so far in 1996. There were nine robberies reported in the county during the same period in 1995, Dick said. |
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