Robbery of Chase Bank Branch in Oceanside

FBI and Oceanside Police Department Seek Public’s Assistance in Identifying Suspect

The FBI and Oceanside Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the unknown man who attempted to rob the Chase Bank located at 615 College Boulevard in, Oceanside, California on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

On Saturday, May 19 2012, at approximately 12:12 p.m., the Chase Bank located at 615 College Boulevard in Oceanside, California was the scene of an attempted robbery by an unknown male. At the time of the attempted robbery, the robber approached the victim teller and passed the teller a demand note under the bandit barriers. The teller immediately closed and locked her drawer and stepped away from the counter. The teller reported the incident to bank management. Approximately 30 seconds later, the robber turned around and walked out of the bank without any money. No weapon was observed and no injuries reported.

Prior to the robbery, a witness observed the robber exit a late-model, burgundy-colored, four-door sedan driven by a white female adult with brown, curly hair.

Witnesses describe the robber as follows:

Sex: Male

Race: White

Height: Approximately 6’0” – 6’4” tall

Build: Thin

Hair: Dark

Eyes: Unknown

Clothing: Black, long-sleeved hooded sweatshirt with “FLIP” printed on front, gray pants, and black shoes

FBI and Oceanside PD Seek Public’s Assistance to Identify Wells Fargo Bank Robbers

The FBI and Oceanside Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify three unknown males responsible for robbing the Wells Fargo Bank, 2701 Vista Way, Oceanside, California, on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at approximately 10:30 a.m. the Wells Fargo Bank, located at 2701 Vista Way, Oceanside, California, was robbed by three unknown males. At the time of the robbery, the three men entered the bank and yelled their intentions to rob the bank. Robber number one stood in the lobby yelling instructions to bank employees and customers to get down on the floor. The other two robbers jumped over the counter and proceeded to take money from two teller cash drawers. One of the robbers who jumped over the counter was believed to be armed with a handgun that was in his waistband.

After taking money from the two teller cash drawers the two robbers ran around the counter towards the bank lobby and all three robbers ran out of the bank. The robbery lasted approximately one minute. All three robbers wore masks gloves, dark pants, tennis shoes, dark and dark or gray jackets. No physical injuries were reported at the time of the robbery.

FBI and San Diego Sheriff’s Department Seek Public’s Assistance to identify the “Drywaller Bandit”

The FBI, Oceanside Police Department, and San Diego Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a serial bank robber dubbed the “Drywaller Bandit” believed to be responsible for robbing six banks in Encinitas and Oceanside, California, since September 24, 2010.

The “Drywaller Bandit” is known to verbally demand money from victim tellers while pointing a black semi-automatic pistol at the victim tellers. He is believed to have robbed two banks a total of four times. He is believed to have robbed the US Bank branch, located at 1074 North El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA. on Friday, September 24, 2010, and Tuesday, December 21, 2010. He is believed to have robbed the Citibank branch, located at 113 North El Camino Real, Encinitas, CA. on Friday, November 19, 2010, and Monday, December 27, 2010.

09/24/10

2:11 p.m.

Friday

US Bank 1074 North El Camino Real

Encinitas, CA.

10/25/10

1:14 p.m.

Monday

Wells Fargo Bank, 276 North El Camino Real

Encinitas, CA.

11/19/10

9:24 a.m.

Friday

Citibank, 113 North El Camino Real

Encinitas, CA.

12/8/10

9:25 a.m.

Wednesday

Chase Bank,

615 College Blvd.

Oceanside, CA.

12/21/10

9:24 a.m.

Tuesday

US Bank, 1074 North El Camino Real

Encinitas, CA.

12/27/10

10:15 a.m.

Monday

Citibank, 113 North El Camino Real

Encinitas, CA.

The “Drywaller Bandit” robber is described as follows:

Race: White

Sex: Male

Age: Late 20’s to early 40’s

Height: Approximately 5’8” to 5’10’ tall

Weight: Approximately 160 to 190 lbs.

Build: Medium

Hair: Brown

Clothing: Known to wear dark baseball caps, sunglasses, gloves, black ski mask, dark hooded jacket with fleece lining, gloves, blue jeans and dust mask

Weapon: Black semi-automatic pistol

Anyone with information concerning the “Drywaller Bandit” is asked to contact the FBI at telephone number (858) 565-1255, or CrimeStoppers at (888) 580-8477. A combined reward of $20,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “Drywaller Bandit.” The “Drywaller Bandit” should be considered armed and dangerous.

FBI and Oceanside Police Department Seek Public’s Assistance to Identify Chase Bank Robber

The FBI and Oceanside Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the unknown male responsible for robbing a Chase Bank today.

On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at approximately 9:25 a.m., a white male robbed the Chase Bank located at

615 College Boulevard, Oceanside, California

. The robber entered the bank, approached two tellers displaying a black handgun in his left hand, and verbally demanded cash from the victim tellers. No one was injured.

The robber is described as follows:

Race: White

Sex: Male

Height: Approximately 5’7” - 5’10”

Build: Medium

Anyone with information concerning this robbery is asked to contact the FBI at telephone number (858) 565-1255 or CrimeStoppers at (888) 580-8477.

Murder, Technology and Stuff

April 2, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers who have written on subjects from murder to technology.

Chris McDonough is a retired member of the Oceanside Police Department (California) who has spent 25 years in Law Enforcement, 13 of those years as a Detective investigating homicide and death cases. Chris McDonough has been involved in the investigation of hundreds of homicide cases and has assisted and consulted nationally on an untold number of death cases.

Chris McDonough’s other career assignments have included 10 years as a member of his Departments SWAT Team serving as a Hostage Negotiator, Special Enforcement Intelligence Detective and K-9 Handler. Chris McDonough has a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Chris McDonough is an expert in homicide and death investigation, interviewing and criminal behavior analysis and trains law enforcement all over the U.S. with the Institute of Investigative Science.

Chris McDonough has worked on and/or consulted on some of the country’s highest-profile homicide cases including, the Jon Benet Ramsey case, and the Leticia Hernandez, Stephanie Crowe, and Matthew Cecchi cases. He lectures on the university level on criminal behavior and is a co-author of Who Killed Stephanie Crow, Anatomy of a Murder .

William Romesburg began his law enforcement career with the City of Brea (California) as a Police Cadet and a police and fire dispatcher. He Joined the Orange Police Department (California) and served as a police officer for 6 years. Currently, William Romesburg is a Consultant for the Technology and Research Division of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, where he provides technical assistance in automated systems development, automation planning, and integration of justice information systems to justice agencies nationwide.

William Romesburg holds a master's degree in Public Administration from California State University, Fullerton. He is also Project Management Institute-certified (Level 2); is a Leadership Graduate from Chapman University in California; and graduated with honors from the Rancho Santiago College Police Academy in California. William Romesburg is the co-author of Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to Plan, Purchase and Manage Technology Successfully! a Guide for Executives, Managers and Technologists.

Ron Ward is a police officer with the Oakland Police Department. Ron Ward is the author of How to be Nice to Your Woman Without Looking Like a Punk.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 915 police officers (representing 389 police departments) and their 1922 police books in 32 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.

True Crime and True Law Enforcement History

Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added three police officer authors who have added to our understanding of law enforcement history through their work on true crime and histories of their agencies.

Riverside Police Department detective Christine Keers is the Co-author of The Riverside Killer. According to a book synopsis, “Between 1986 and 1992, Riverside County, California became the scene of a series of savage sex murders that shocked the nation. Nineteen prostitutes were raped and sexually mutilated by a killer who left his grisly trademark on each victim. For almost 6 years he terrorized the city, leaving a trail of false leads, few clues and even fewer suspects.”

According to David Lockeretz, “For someone who lives in southern California (particularly the Riverside area, where the crimes took place) this is an interesting and frightening book to read, and even people who have never heard of Suff before will likely feel revolt at the heinousness of his crimes. No matter how one judges the prostitutes he murdered, it is hard not to recoil at the mention of a light bulb stuffed deep inside one of the naked bodies post mortem and of other sadistic details.”

Matthew J. Lyons, a corporal on the Oceanside Police Department (California) and former Marine is the author of Oceanside Police Department. According to the book description, “The Oceanside Police Department has provided a century of service to a community that has grown from a small seaside resort—doubling as a bedroom community for the U.S. Marine Corps’s nearby Camp Pendleton—into a city of more than 170,000 people. City marshals patrolled Oceanside from 1888 to 1906, and it is indicative of the city’s formative years that the first lawman, former Texas Ranger Charlie Wilson, was also the first to be killed in the line of duty.

The photographs in this remarkable collection inventory the department’s past, covering the administrations of city marshal J. Keno Wilson (Charlie Wilson’s brother), Chiefs Charles Goss, Ward Ratcliff, and others. Showcased are images from the archives of the Oceanside Police Department and the collection of Delores Davis Sloan, the daughter of former captain Harold B. Davis, Oceanside’s top cop of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.”

Matthew J. Lyons has donated the royalties from his book to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund.

Author and historian M. David DeSoucy is a retired veteran of 25 years of service in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He is the author of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, a history of that department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the county of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County (California) is geographically the largest in the nation, encompassing 20,186 square miles. In 1853, the County’s first sheriff, Robert Cliff, established Central Station which current serves unincorporated areas of the City of San Bernardino as well as nearby contract cities.

According to the book description, “The largest county in the continental United States has seen its share of colorful pursuits of suspects and fugitives, including the search for the last Native American in the United States to be tracked to his tragic end by a lawman's posse: "Willie Boy" at Ruby Mountain. San Bernardino County also was the setting for the shoot-outs at Baldy Mesa and Lytle Creek. Yet gunplay lore is only one aspect of the epic of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Today the department deploys nearly 5,000 salaried and volunteer employees to protect and serve its 20,186 square miles of deserts, mountains, forests, and increasingly urban areas. This original cow-county sheriff's office went through many developments that are detailed in these vintage photographs sheriffs' administrations, equipment, investigations, and other exploits all culled from the department's archives, private collections, the California Room of the San Bernardino Public Library, and the San Bernardino Pioneer Historical Society.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 528 police officers (representing 218 police departments) and their 1122 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.