{"id":469552,"date":"2010-03-25T00:57:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9727863970b"},"modified":"2010-03-25T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T16:16:11","slug":"lapd-searches-for-man-who-stole-life-savings-of-97-year-old-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/469552","title":{"rendered":"LAPD searches for man who stole life savings of 97-year-old woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are searching for a man who withdrew the life savings of\u00a0a 97-year-old woman using\u00a0her stolen ATM card, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9739463970b-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Suspect\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9739463970b \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a9739463970b-250wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 250px;\"><\/img><\/a> The thief, whose image police say is captured on bank security\u00a0surveillance video stills released by the LAPD, used the card to withdraw $300 to $500 a day from the woman&#8217;s account between Aug. 16, 2009 and Nov. 30, 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Records show that the\u00a0man made the withdrawals from 1 to 2 p.m. on those days, alternating between two Bank of America branches: one in the 100 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Gardena and another in the 300 block of East Manchester Boulevard in Inglewood.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The man\u00a0is described as black, 25 to 30 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, and about 170 to 180 pounds.\u00a0 He was seen\u00a0driving a silver or gray 2000 to 2003 Mercedes-Benz C230 Coupe.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact Newton Division burglary detectives at (323) 846-6579.\u00a0 After hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to (877) LAPD-24-7 or anonymously to (800) 222-TIPS (222-8477). Tipsters can also text to phone numbers 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cellphone.\u00a0 All text messages should begin with the letters \u201cLAPD.\u201d\u00a0 Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on \u201cwebtips\u201d and follow the prompt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Andrew Blankstein<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em><em>Suspect. Credit: Los Angeles Police Department<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>More breaking news in L.A. 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The thief, whose image police say is captured on bank security\u00a0surveillance video stills released by the LAPD, used the card to withdraw $300 to $500 a day from the woman&#8217;s account between Aug. 16, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5471,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5471"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}