Bank Robber, 18, Arrested in Forgery Case
Convicted teen-age bank robber Michael Scott Morrison was arrested Thursday on suspicion of credit card forgery, Los Angeles police said.
They declined to release any details of the arrest or of the alleged crime. Detectives said only that Morrison had given a false name when arrested by a Van Nuys Division patrol officer initially handling the complaint, but was recognized by detectives when he was turned over to the Valley forgery unit.
Morrison, 18, of Tarzana, was released on $6,000 bail Thursday afternoon, police said.
He first gained attention in 1985 when he and an accomplice, 16-year-old high school classmates, were arrested for several robberies, including two sophisticated bank holdups during which they wore police-type uniforms.
Morrison pleaded guilty to one bank robbery and theft of a car at gunpoint and was sentenced in July to five years in California Youth Authority custody. He appealed judicial rulings that preceded his plea, and was free on a $50,000 bond when he was arrested Thursday.
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