PICO RIVERA — A would-be robber left empty-handed Wednesday after trying to rob a bank branch, authorities said.
The crime took place just before 5 p.m. at Wells Fargo, 8737 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Richard Hernandez said.
The man entered the bank and handed a teller a note in which he claimed he was armed and demanded cash, the sergeant said.
For an unknown reason, the man suddenly abandoned the robbery attempt and left, he said.
He was a white man wearing a blue shirt and brown pants, Hernandez said.
Initial reports from the scene described the robber as being in his 30s or 40s and having brown hair and blue eyes, though Hernandez said he could not confirm those details late Wednesday.