Hostage situation at bank building in California ends after suspect shot dead
The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday morning, the Bakersfield Police Department said.
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The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday morning, the Bakersfield Police Department said.
The regional lender, whose collapse is the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history, is the third bank to be seized by regulators since March.
The break-in at the bank on Quakertown and Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills happened Wednesday morning. Suzanne Marques reports.
The scam started with a text message, allegedly sent from Chase Bank, and continued with a phone call from a woman claiming to work for the bank.
Firefighters were cleaning up Saturday morning after a car slammed into a Chase bank and then burst into flames, igniting a three-alarm fire.
The burglar also had the ID and credit cards that belonged to a bank employee in his pockets. Detectives believe he broke into the employee's car in Arcadia two hours earlier and somehow deduced the keys could be used at the Pasadena branch.
Two women robbed a bank in North Hills Friday and were on the run Friday night.
Joseph Erickson says he gave the money back in Thursday's heist in Costa Mesa because he felt bad.
"If somebody gets ahold of the card and uses it fraudulently, they won't be liable for any of those charges."
Police asked for the public's help Wednesday in capturing a man who robbed a Chase Bank earlier this month.
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.
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.
Authorities say a 31-year-old transient was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of attempted bank robbery.
Federal prosecutors say two Southern California men stole more than $460,000 breaking into Chase Bank ATMs.
A man suspected in a string of bank robberies has been charged with holding up another bank in Ventura County.
Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly robbed a bank in Camarillo on April 8.
Chase Bank is keeping a close eye on customers' ATM activity following the credit and debit card security breach at Target stores.
A Good Samaritan took down a would-be "armed" bank robber Tuesday with his bare hands.
Federal agents Thursday were seeking the public's help identifying suspects wanted in a string of bank robberies in the San Fernando Valley and Foothills areas.
Authorities Friday sought the public's help in identifying a man accused of robbing a Chase Bank branch in Santa Ana.
An unsettling bug caused worry Monday night when Chase Bank customers accessed their online accounts only to see their checking accounts empty.
Authorities are seeking the public's help Wednesday in identifying a bank robbery suspect.
A woman was hit in the head with a hammer during an attempted robbery in the parking lot of an Anaheim bank Tuesday.
The FBI released photos Friday of a cross-dressing bank robber who held up a Chase Bank branch in the San Gabriel Valley Wednesday.
