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# Bank robber takes cash from Encino
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bank-robber-takes-cash-from-encino/
- Published: 2004-09-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:07:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

WILSHIRE BLVD. — A man walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash Monday afternoon after he threatened a bank teller at Encino State Bank.

At 1:26 p.m., a man described as black, 35 years old, six feet tall, with dreadlocks and a slight beard, entered the bank, 720 Wilshire Blvd., and handed the teller a note demanding money, police said. The teller complied and the suspect left on foot with the cash.

Witnesses say the suspect was wearing a blue shirt, jeans and was carrying a construction-type hat. The bank was closed throughout the afternoon while Santa Monica Police detectives investigated the scene.

The last bank robbery in Santa Monica was on July 13 at US Bank, 2221 Santa Monica Blvd. Police closed off four blocks searching for the suspect, who was never found.

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A Santa Monica Police officer on Monday leaves the scene of a bank robbery at Encino State Bank on Wilshire Boulevard. (Photo: Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 21, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092104.pdf?ref=smdp.com)