COUNTYWIDE FOCUS : THOUSAND OAKS : Reward Offered for Robber of Bookstore
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for help in solving the robbery of a Westlake bookstore, the Ventura County Crime Stoppers announced Thursday.
On Dec. 20, a man entered B. Dalton Bookseller on Westlake Boulevard an hour before it opened and robbed the manager at gunpoint, Sgt. Kitty Hoberg said. The robber, armed with a chrome-plated handgun, bound and gagged the manager and left her lying in the store’s office after taking a “significant amount” of money, Hoberg said.
Investigators are seeking a white man about 6 feet, 2 inches tall, with brown hair and a low-pitched voice. He wore a dark cap with a symbol on the front, a white long-sleeved shirt and blue sweat pants.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 494-TALK in Thousand Oaks and Moorpark, 385-TALK in Oxnard, 987-TALK in Camarillo or 986-TALK in Port Hueneme.
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