Crime & Safety
Man Robs La Quinta Bank
The suspect took an undisclosed amount from the US Bank on Highway 111 Wednesday.
A man entered a US Bank branch in La Quinta and robbed it, evading capture, a sheriff's sergeant said Thursday.
Deputies were dispatched at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday to the bank at 78-435 Highway 111 where the suspect walked in, approached a teller and demanded money, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Steve DaSilva said.
No weapon was used and no one was hurt during the hold-up. The suspect ran out of the bank branch and was not arrested, DaSilva said.
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The way the suspect demanded the cash was not disclosed. The suspect was described as a 5 foot-5 inch tall white man with a thin build in his 50s or 60s. He wore a white and blue flannel shirt with a blue baseball cap and blue pants, DeSilva said.
Deputies asked anyone with information about the bank robbery to call Investigator Steve Paixao at the sheriff's Thermal station at (760) 863-8990.
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