Center Evacuated After Robbery
A robber held up a Home Savings bank branch Wednesday and escaped after he falsely claimed to have a bomb.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arson and explosives team was sent to the bank in the 5600 block of Kanan Road at Thousand Oaks Boulevard after the 12:30 p.m. robbery and evacuated the entire shopping center where the bank was situated, Deputy Benita Hinojos said.
The silver container the robber had left on the bank counter, which he said was a bomb, contained no explosives, Hinojos said.
The man, who got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, was described as white, in his late 40s, 6 feet tall and 170 pounds, with salt and pepper hair. He was wearing a blue baseball cap, authorities said.
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