No Security Camera Footage of Los Angeles "Bomb Strapped Manager" Bank Robbery

September 6, 2012 - Los Angeles - According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a Bank of America manager was kidnapped on Tuesday night and forced to rob her own bank the next morning with what she though was an explosive device strapped to her. She was taken to the bank at approximately 8:30 am, told to go inside the bank, and throw the money out the back door.

Lt. Neal Mongan of Huntington Park police said, "She was told that it was explosives and she was ordered to go into the bank and take out all the money. Capt. Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department added, "While she was inside the bank, there were other employees present. She explained to them what was happening. She took the money out of the bank and threw it out the door to the bank robbers."

The ski mask wearing robbers then fled the scene leaving the manager with what she believed to be explosives strapped to her. FBI agents with bomb technicians responded to the scene and detonated the device after removing it from the woman. It was found to be a fake.

According to police officials, efforts are underway to determine if a CCTV or security camera video surveillance captured the scene. However, according to criminal investigator experts, if any useful cameras footage existed, it would have been released to the public in an attempt to apprehend the robbers. The reason for a lack of security cameras suggest either insufficient coverage provided by the security camera system, cheap or poor quality video footage, or a non functioning digital video recorder (DVR). Lack of coverage or poor quality is the most cited complaint by police investigators trying to utilize security video in their efforts. It seems odd that a large corporation such as Bank of America lacks the resources to obtain proper CCTV systems.

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