10 Stunning Facts About the Crazy Bank of America Robbery

by Angela Nazworth | September 6, 2012 3:15 pm

One security guard stood watch as the East Los Angeles Bank of America (NYSE:BAC[1]) branch that was robbed Wednesday reopened Thursday morning[2].

The bizarre robbery, which involved what was thought to be a bomb, unfolded like a script for a big-budget Hollywood action movie.

Here are 10 facts about the crazy heist:

• The incident began Wednesday morning when two armed men kidnapped the branch manager outside her home.
• The masked kidnappers then strapped what they told her was a bomb to her stomach and demanded that she take them to her bank and give them money.
• The manager did as she was instructed.
• Since the robbers waited in the manager’s car while she collected their ransom, they avoided detection from security cameras.
• The men sped away in the victim’s car with a large sum of money.
• After the men escaped, the bank contacted local authorities who arrived with a bomb squad.
• The bomb squad disabled the device with a robot. Police say it did not appear to be an active bomb.
• As a precaution, nearby business were evacuated for several hours. The branch was closed for the remainder of the day.
• The police do not believe the manager is associated with the crime.
• At this time, the two men are still at large.

(Sources: Los Angeles Times[3]; The Associated Press[4])

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