LOS ANGELES—Authorities sought the public’s help on Jan. 26 to identify the man known as the “Green Gaiter Bandit” who is wanted in a series of at least nine bank robberies and five attempted robberies in Orange and Los Angeles counties. The first in the series of robberies occurred Oct. 11 at the Union Bank branch at 911 N. Harbor Blvd. near Hillcrest Park in Fullerton, where the man fled before he could obtain money, according to FBI officials. The robberies also took place in Huntington Beach, Torrance, Gardena, Costa Mesa, and Mission Viejo. He is most recently suspected of an attempted robbery that occurred Friday at a Wells Fargo branch at 1396 N. Rose Drive in Placentia. During the robberies, the man enters the bank and either passes a note or makes a verbal command to a teller demanding money, fleeing on foot once he obtains it or after a …
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