Police Seek Bandit With British Accent

Westminster police Friday night were searching for “a man with a thick British accent” who held up the Household Bank, 14011 Beach Blvd., and escaped with $5,000.

Sgt. Bill Lewis of the Westminster Police Department said the man entered the bank about 6:05 p.m. and handed a threatening note to the clerk. “He held his hand under his sweater,” as if he had a weapon,” Lewis said. “We don’t know for sure he had a weapon.

“(The clerk) said she had a hard time understanding him because he had such a real thick accent. It was either a British or Australian accent,” Lewis added.

The robber fled on foot and was last seen going north on Beach Boulevard, Lewis said. The suspect was described as white, 35 to 40 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds, with curly brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing brown pants and a white pullover sweater.