Posted on 11/03/2007 8:38:26 AM PDT by reformed_dem
DANA POINT - A suspected bank robber led police on a freeway car chase Friday afternoon from Anaheim 35 miles south to the Dana Point Harbor before shooting himself in the head while horrified witnesses watched from a distance.
The suspect, believed to be the man police had dubbed the “Armada Bandit,” was wanted in connection with at least a dozen bank robberies in Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
The FBI’s Los Angeles office listed him among the area’s top eight “most wanted” bandits. He earned the “Armada Bandit” nickname because he was known to wear a U.S. Navy hat with a crested eagle.
The suspect was rushed to Mission Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Amormino said. The man was about 50 years old; his name was not immediately released.
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In what way?
Oh well....at least a little taxpayer relief.
I’m a bank teller and I was robbed by him several months ago. After he robbed our branch, he also hit several of our other branches, one of them twice and was actually in there for the third time yesterday when he was recognized by the security guard. He left, went to the bank in Anaheim, then, as they say, the rest is history.
1. Rob a bank
2. Get another hole in head
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