Skateboard Bandit Flees With Money From San Diego Bank

July 19th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by GD  

By Gina Gomez
nevada1San Diego, July 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) This one is definitely a heist of a very different kind! While most bank robbers run to save their lives using their cars, a San Diego man uses a skateboard instead! San Diego police officials have reported that a man who had come with a skateboard in hand, put his gun at the head of a bank teller to retrieve money from him and upon collecting the amount handed over to him fled from the place. Considering that he was armed with a skateboard, the man was a skateboarder.

The incident took place at a Comerica Bank in San Diego this Monday. Police officials have not been able to identify the man as his face was covered with a mask. Therefore no arrest has been made in the heist case so far. According to the people in the Comerica Bank, the skateboarder’s face was covered with a green paisley bandanna and all other garments that the man was wearing, including a beanie, a sweat shirt, gloves in his hands and his pants were all black in color.

FBI agents are investigating the case along with police officials in the city of San Diego. The FBI have released pictures of the masked bank robber so that the common people may be able to help them in making important progress in the case. It is being reported that the man in masks with skateboards has been nicknamed the “skateboard bandit” in San Diego after the Monday afternoon incident. The Comerica Bank where the heist was conducted is located at the Midway District area of San Diego.

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