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A woman robbed a U.S. bank in Belmont on Thursday.
BELMONT (Map, News) - A woman believed to have robbed multiple banks — including one just last month in Burlingame — hit again Thursday, this time targeting a bank in downtown Belmont, police said.
A small packet of bills on the side of the highway, discovered just moments after the robbery took place, lead investigators to believe the woman fled on foot and then escaped in a getaway car. Authorities said they have no description of the car.
The woman, described as a middle-aged black woman in a sun hat and sunglasses, walked into the U.S. Bank on Ralston Avenue just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Belmont police Capt. Dan DeSmidt said.
She walked up to a teller and demanded money, he said. The teller handed her an undisclosed amount of cash, and the suspect then left the building on foot, DeSmidt said.
A few moments later, as officers were combing the area for signs of the suspect, they found a “small portion” of the stolen money — a small packet of bills — on the side of Ralston’s southbound onramp to U.S. Highway 101, DeSmidt said. This clue indicates there may have been a getaway car, he said.
“We’re really hoping someone will step forward saying they saw her get into a vehicle, because we believe she was in a vehicle but we have no idea what it looked like,” he said.
The robber may have been the same woman who pulled a similar heist at the U.S. Bank on 1188 El Camino Real in Burlingame, police said. In that case, the woman walked into the bank at 12:45 p.m. and waited in line. When she approached the teller, she placed her purse on the counter, put her hand inside her purse and acted as if she had a gun, according to police. She then demanded that the teller give her cash and threatened to shoot if the teller refused, police said. She then fled on foot.
DeSmidt said police are cooperating with the FBI and other local police departments.
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Examiner Reader said:
i know anthony personally and from word of mouth i have heard that there was a drug involved because he is not that kind of person to be perfectly honest
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Examiner Reader said:
Wow, the Examiner sure got this story fast. That what I call news.
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Examiner Reader said:
the big guy is a wanna be hero the little guy took the robber out with a backhand to the chops.
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Examiner Reader said:
The little guy was skerred of potential gun play and the big guy protected him as well... can you say sissy boy?
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Examiner Reader said:
the big guy passed out and the little one was the hero
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Examiner Reader said:
who are those two good looking guys at the very end of the video? Rumor is the big one beat up the robber and was a hero...
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SECURITY GUARD said:
Was there a security guard? If no security guard, why not? If no security guard, then get a clue and get one.
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Examiner Reader said:
Where is the picture from the security camera.
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Security Camera said:
If this guy had nothing covering his face and there was a security camera, then why isn't his cowardly picture plasted along with this story.
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Examiner Reader said:
Thats great that an armed citizen that had a handgun permit to hold off that robber until police arrived...that why you always want protection..you never know whats going to happen anywhere anytime.........There should be a nation wide permit that a person could get, rather than go through all of these different states to get one. Now wake up Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and be like Minnesota and pass that handgun permit law...for law abdiding citizens.............
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Examiner Reader said:
My heart goes out to the victims, families and friends of Wachovia.
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