Deputies said Sonny Tho Leu robbed the first bank in Temecula around 12 p.m. where he was reportedly wearing a black baseball cap, dark clothing and he was carrying an orange utility bag, according to the Murrieta Police Department.

The second robbery happened around 12:20 p.m. at a bank in the 40000 block of California Oaks Road. A bank employee reported the crime and gave a similar description of the suspect.

The third robbery was reported just before 1 p.m. at a bank in the 25000 block of Hancock Avenue, police said.

During all three robberies, Leu passed a note demanding money from the bank clerk and took off with an undisclosed amount of money.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

Fair point, forgot how little cash they keep.

I'm reminded of the Puerto Rican Macheteros' Wells Fargo heist that actually inspired a lot of modern retail bank security policies. They had foreknowledge of when the truck would come by to make deliveries and took the cash from the truck, then sent it back to the island by mail. The cash was used to fund revolutionary activities and was also distributed in poor neighborhoods. It was a pretty sizable amount of cash.

That being said it was by all means a fluke and definitely couldn't be recreated nowadays.