TRUE CRIME

BANK ROBBERY ON GASTON

A man donned in unusual attire robbed a Wells Fargo at 6301 Gaston Ave. in late November. Wearing a black coat with “what appears to be a Batman patch” and a black hat with shiny beads, the man approached the teller at 4:15 p.m. and demanded money, according to a security notice passed out to all Lakewood Tower tenants, which includes Advocate Media. The teller followed the man’s orders and simultaneously triggered a silent alarm. Three minutes before police arrived at the scene, the man left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.

The man, described as roughly 45 years old with brown hair, had not yet been located as of press time.

Crime Numbers

Package thefts were reported on one early December day.

O’clock in the morning was when the first package was taken.

Block of Madera Drive is where one package was stolen from a front porch. The other, taken by the same man, was reported at the 1600 block of Glenlivet Drive.

By ANGELA HUNT