Results tagged “bank robbery” from Whittier Dispatch

     There's a new trial date for Vincent Cantu, the retired Pasadena cop accused of robbing two La Habra banks as the "Polite Bandit."

     The Whittier man's trial was continued to June 2 at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana. The trial was supposed to start April 28.

      The FBI alleges Cantu is the "Polite Bandit" who apologized to tellers during the armed robberies.

     A Whittier man accused of robbing local banks as "The Beret Bandit" pleaded not guilty yesterday at his arraignment in federal court.

     Rick Thomas Maushund, 31, is scheduled for a Dec. 2 trial at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana. Federal prosecutors have charged him with robbing the Union Bank of California at 3200 Yorba Linda Blvd. in Fullerton on Sept. 5 and the Southwestern Federal Credit Union at 11749 E. Whittier Blvd. in Whittier on Sept. 11.

     "The Beret Bandit" got his moniker from the FBI because he robbed a Whittier bank wearing a tan beret. The bandit is suspected of robbing eight banks in Los Angeles and Orange counties.