Robber on Bike Strikes Again
A bank robber who makes his getaway on a bicycle struck for the fourth time in two weeks Friday, taking $7,000 to $9,000 at gunpoint from tellers in a Canyon Country bank, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
A man wearing a wig of long, curly, red hair robbed Valley Federal Savings at 19310 Soledad Canyon Road about 1:20 p.m., then sped away on an orange bicycle, Deputy John Baylis said.
The bicycle was found a short time later in a nearby parking lot, leading authorities to speculate that the robber fled in a car, Baylis said.
Witnesses described the robber as white, about 30, about 6 feet tall and thin. He was wearing a gray sweat suit with black stripes and had a bandanna tied around his forehead, Baylis said.
The robber fits the description and used the same method as the man who robbed a Valencia bank Tuesday, a Lancaster bank May 19, and a Palmdale savings and loan May 13, Baylis said.
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