Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Failed Robbery Ends in Arrest of Bank Worker Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 07:02:32 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Failed Robbery Ends in Arrest of Bank Worker Publication Date: Sunday November 8, 1992 BYLINE: A five-year employee of an Eastside bank was arrested Saturday on suspicion of participating in an attempted robbery of the facility that was foiled when another employee unlocked the building to start the business day. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies surrounded the bank after the female employee reported seeing three masked and armed men inside. Investigators later found Raymond Diaz, 25, hiding in a brown van parked outside the bank, Sgt. Ron Spear said. The van contained two rifles and a mask. Deputies and a crisis negotiation team were sent to the Pan-American Bank branch about 8:30 a.m. No one was in the bank when deputies went in about noon, Spear said. Investigators said they believe the robbers may have used a passkey to enter. Spear said bank officials believe that no money was taken. Investigators are still looking for two or three more suspects. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM