TEEN SUSPECT IN BANK HEISTS DENIES CHARGES; SIX COUNTS OF ROBBERY LODGED IN SERIES OF BRANCH HOLDUPS.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer A 17-year-old boy accused in a string of robberies at supermarket bank branches in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, denied the charges during an arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Thursday in Sylmar Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . The teen, whose name was withheld because he is a minor, entered not-guilty pleas to the felony charges filed in the wake of his Sept. 24 arrest by sheriff's deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. station. Authorities suspect that the youth committed holdups at 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 branch inside a Vons supermarket on The Old Road, a Washington Mutual Bank branch inside a Vons on Lyons Avenue in Newhall, and a Downey Savings and Loan savings and loan n. a banking and lending institution, chartered either by a state or the Federal government. Savings and loans only make loans secured by real property from deposits, upon which they pay interest slightly higher than that paid by most banks. on Pico Canyon Road in Stevenson Ranch. ``We added three more counts, so he was arraigned on six counts of robbery,'' said Deputy District Attorney David Walgren. Sylmar Juvenile Court Judge Morton Rochman ordered the teen to return to court Nov. 9 for a hearing at which prosecutors and the defense will argue whether he should be tried as a juvenile or an adult. The prosecution will ask that the defendant be tried as an adult, based on the severity of the crime, Walgren said. Juvenile Court proceedings are confidential, so Walgren couldn't reveal details about the accused or the case. He would say only that the boy is accused of robbing six locations in Los Angeles County. A sheriff's deputy who heard a crime broadcast describing a getaway car used in the Sept. 24 robbery at Wells Fargo spotted the blue Toyota Corolla in which the boy was riding. Deputies followed the sedan to Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, where the youth was found hiding in the back seat. Inside the car, deputies found a baseball cap and sunglasses similar to those worn by the robber, along with some cash. The other robberies took place Sept. 4, 5 and 10. The teen also is suspected in a similar robbery in Lancaster 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. In each of the incidents, the robber handed the teller a note saying he had a weapon and demanding money. |
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