Bakersfield Man Accused Of Robbing 4 OC Banks As 'Whitewashed Bandit'
Brian Lee Bellman, 35, was arrested Wednesday night in Covina.
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Brian Lee Bellman, 35, was arrested Wednesday night in Covina.
Police say they caught up with the suspect shortly after, thanks to the quick action of two bank tellers.
Police say four bandits opened fire and robbed the One West Bank on Jefferson Blvd. before getting away. Two suspects were captured.
Surveillance video captured the suspect wearing sunglasses, a polo-style shirt and a unique fisherman's-style hat during each incident.
The Orange County Sheriffs Department on Monday asked for the public's help in finding a suspect believed to have robbed several banks in Orange County.
Joseph Noriega was still allegedly wearing the fake beard when he was apprehended.
The FBI and Orange County authorities are after a man they suspect is responsible for bank robberies in Santa Ana and Orange this week.
Police asked for the public's help Wednesday in capturing a man who robbed a Chase Bank earlier this month.
Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a retired Los Angeles police detective with bank robbery after members of his family called authorities with information about a series of holdups linked to a thief dubbed the Snowbird Bandit.
The public's help is needed Wednesday to capture a bank robber dubbed the "Snowbird Bandit" who has committed five robberies in Orange County, FBI officials said.
Police Tuesday searched for a man suspected of robbing a bank in Irvine.
Police were investigating a robbery Thursday at a bank branch on the Westside.
Two armed men reportedly robbed a bank in Pasadena Friday and were driven away by another suspect in a getaway car.
A man dubbed the "Hills Bandit" pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from a series of bank robberies from Laguna Niguel to Santa Barbara.
Last week, Patricia Smith said she was carjacked by a bank robber.
Authorities say a frantic search in the Inland Empire is underway Tuesday afternoon for a suspected bank robber.
The public's help was sought Monday to identify a man who robbed a bank in Torrance last month.
The man fled the premises with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police and the FBI are looking for a man who robbed a bank branch in Seal Beach of an undisclosed amount of money Saturday morning.
A police officer shot and wounded a bank robbery suspect at the end of a Friday afternoon chase that began in Murrieta, authorities said.
Detectives sought the public's help Monday in identifying a male suspect who allegedly robbed a bank in Irvine.
Police are looking for a man who robbed a Chase Bank Saturday in Hacienda Heights.
Police are searching for a man who robbed a Chase bank branch Monday in San Clemente.
The suspect wore a pink dress shirt and wore dark sunglasses.
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a bank robber who threatened to shoot a teller in Costa Mesa on Wednesday.
