UPDATE: Suspect booked after police receive tip due to Social Media — Chase Bank robbed – Police ask for public’s help

online arial, here sans-serif; color: #ff0000;”>Update:   The Ventura Police Department and Oxnard Police Department received a tip based on the surveillance photograph of the suspect posted on social media. The information led to the suspect being identified. On 1/16/16, Oxnard Police Department located and detained the suspect at a residence in the 3200 block of Taffrail Lane in Oxnard. Ventura Police Major Crimes detectives responded and completed the investigation. The suspect was later booked into Ventura County Jail on the charges of Armed Robbery and Violation of Parole.

On Friday, January 15th at 3:25pm the Ventura Police Command Center received a 911 call from an employee of Chase Bank at 2499 Harbor Blvd. reporting that a bank robbery had just occurred at the Chase Bank branch at 2499 Harbor Blvd. Upon arrival of the officers, they determined the suspect had already fled the bank and was last seen leaving the area on foot.

During the investigation, officers learned the suspect entered the bank and approached the counter. He handed the clerk a note stating he was robbing the bank and demanded the clerk give him money. No weapon was seen. The clerk gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money, and he fled the bank.

Suspect: White Male, 55-60, Bald, wearing a blue t-shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes

No on was injured as a result of this incident.

The FBI was notified. The Ventura Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit will be conducting the investigation. Anyone with information related to this incident is urged to call the Ventura Police Department at 339-4488.

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