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Bank employee scheduled to be in court over robbery
A Ventura man is scheduled to be in court today after being arrested in connection with a robbery at the bank where he worked as a teller, authorities have reported.
Adrian Jones, 20, was arrested Saturday and booked into Ventura County Jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery, grand theft and conspiracy to commit a crime, according to the Ventura Police Department and jail officials.
His bail was set at $20,000.
Jones worked at Washington Mutual bank in the 2400 block of East Harbor Boulevard in Ventura, which was robbed when it opened at 9 a.m. Saturday, police said.
A man walked up to the teller and handed him a note demanding money, according to police. The man left with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was hurt.
During the investigation, police detectives and FBI agents concluded that Jones was involved.
"A search warrant was issued for his residence and evidence of the crime was located," the Ventura Police Department said in a prepared statement Sunday.
The robber was last seen as he left the bank on foot, police said. Authorities suspect that the robber is a 20-year-old Oxnard man whose home also was searched Saturday.
Officials are still trying to find the second man. Authorities said they would like anyone with information to call Ventura police detectives at 339-4394.
Posted by venturapagan on April 17, 2007 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I bank at this branch, and I can tell you from personal experience with this teller that he was less than friendly, acted completely disinterested in his job, and spent most of the transaction looking around the place instead of the transaction. I am not at all surprised that he was involved. 20/20 hindsight, I guess.
Posted by allison_briley on April 18, 2007 at 11:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What kind of message on crime are we trying to send? $20,000 bail. HA! Why not just punish him from watching T.V. instead? That's how ridiculous the bail amount sounds. We need to get serious and get tough on these selfish criminals.
Posted by izzyjez on April 19, 2007 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Allison,
Please look up the definition of bail. It is never meant as punishment. This guy, who has a two year old and was working on a college degree, will likely be spending the next 5+ years in federal prison. Although no weapon was used and it is his first offense this dude is gonna get slammed for screwing up.
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