Bank robbed in La Mirada
LA MIRADA -- A robber made off with slightly more than $2,000 Friday after using a note to rob a bank, authorities said.The crime occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at a Chase bank branch at 15128 Rosecrans Ave., just east of La Mirada Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Mark Wilkins said.
A white man in his 50s wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses entered the bank and passed a note to a teller, the lieutenant said. The note demanded money and said the robber had a gun, though no weapon was seen during the heist.
The robber fled with the stolen cash, he added. No getaway car was seen.
SURVEILLANCE camera image courtesy of the FBI.
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