Friday Night Heist Nets $155,000 from The Credit Union of Southern California

BREA, Calif. – An armed bandit locked three members and three employees of The Credit Union of Southern California in the bathroom, then robbed the vault, an ATM and the members of more than $155,000 Friday evening, one of the biggest credit union robberies in recent years. The robber, wielding a semiautomatic handgun, burst into the credit union around 6:15, ordered the members and employees into the bathroom and handcuffed them, then rifled the vault and an ATM. None of the members or employees were injured.

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